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Check and Connect
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Check & Connect is a model of sustained intervention for promoting students' engagement with school and learning. Demonstrated outcomes include:
Decrease in truancy,
Decrease in dropout rates,
Increase in school completion, and
Impact on literacy.
Check & Connect is data-driven in research on resiliency and home-school collaboration.
For more information on Check & Connect, go to http://www.ici.umn.edu/checkandconnect/
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Crosswalk of NASET Standards and Taxonomy for Transition Programming
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This document crosswalks the Taxonomy for Transition Programming (Kohler, 1996) and the NASET National Standards and Quality Indicators for improving secondary transition systems. (TAXONOMYNASET Cross-reference1 07.doc)
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Evidence-Based Practice Descriptions
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These are evidence-based practices identified through NSTTAC's review of quality research. They are organized under the categories of Student-Focused Planning, Student Development, Interagency Collaboration, Family Involvement, and Program Structures. Each description provides the research used to identify the evidence-base, an overview of the practice, a link to a lesson plan or other resource to implement the practice, and a connection to National Standards and Indicator 13. (Link to descriptions of secondary transition practices with strong.doc)
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NSTTAC's Evidence-Based Practices
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This document describes the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center's (NSTTAC'S) literature review to identify evidence-based practices in transition. (0109 NSTTAC teleconf.doc)
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Research to Practice Lesson Plan Library
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A library of free lesson plan starters, developed from quality research articles in secondary transition. Link at http://www.nsttac.org/LessonPlanLibrary/Main.aspx. (Link to the online Research to Practice LessonPlan Library for secondary transition.doc)
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Taxonomy for Transition Programming
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The Taxonomy for Transition Programming (Kohler, 1996) provides a 5 - part framework for planning secondary transition education and services. (Taxonomy.pdf)
