Links Directory
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| Topical Link Collections / Graduation-Dropout-Suspension-Expulsion / Evidence-based Practices & Improvement Strategies |
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Visit these sites to learn about effective strategies being implemented across the country to reduce dropout and increase graduation rates. These links also provide access to a variety of newsletters, reports, research data, and program design descriptions.
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| Evidence-Based Dropout-Prevention Programs |
The Program Profiles database, developed by the National Dropout Prevention Network, is the most up-to-date database containing hundreds of dropout prevention programs taking place across the country. Find the contact information you need here.
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| New Aproaches to More Reliable and Uniform Dropout and Graduation Data (Aug 2007) |
This issue brief outlines the immediate need for more accurate dropout and graduation data, while providing a snapshot of work currently underway. By drawing on two prominent methods for calculating graduation rates: the National Governors Association’s endorsed longitudinal approach and the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR), this brief outlines how data are needed to track dropout trends and patterns, as well as how to direct resources and more effective strategies to ensure more students receive a high school diploma. This brief concludes by offering take-aways for states. The document downloads in .pdf format.
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| Approaches to Dropout Prevention (Oct 2007) |
The report "Approaches to Dropout Prevention: Heeding Early Warning Signs with Appropriate Interventions" was produced in October 2007. This report outlines steps that schools can take to identify at-risk students and provide the necessary support systems and relevant interventions to assist students in obtaining a high school diploma. Further, the report discusses the use of early warning data systems to target interventions for groups and individual students, offers a variety of best practice approaches undertaken by higher-performing high schools, and presents effective programs that are currently being implemented to stem the dropout problem. The document downloads in .pdf format.
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| Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities: A Critical Issue for State Education Agencies (May 2007) |
This issue brief provides guidance to states as they respond to requirements presented in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) in the area of dropout prevention for students with disabilities. It also highlights the role of State Performance Plans as starting points for states to develop data collection and monitoring procedures, and supplies states with considerations and recommendations for providing a consistent method of tracking dropout data. The document downloads in .pdf format.
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