The National High School Center recently released the Early Warning System Tool, an interactive resource that calculates if students beginning in the ninth grade, are on track to graduate or at risk of dropping out based on available student leverage indicators (such as attendance, course failures, and grade point average). To find the Early Warning System Tool go to http://www.betterhighschools.org/pubs/EWStool.xls The Early Warning System Guide provides information about factors that help predict the probability of students dropping out of high school, and offers guidance on building an early warning system. To find the Early Warning System Guide go to http://www.betterhighschool.org/docs/IssueBrief_EarlyWarningSystemsGuide_081408.pdf
