Developing Early Warning Systems to Identify Potential High School Dropouts. Issue Brief

Autor/inn/en	Heppen, Jessica B.; Therriault, Susan Bowles
Institution	National High School Center
Titel	Developing Early Warning Systems to Identify Potential High School Dropouts. Issue Brief
Quelle	(2008), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Urban Schools; High Schools; Dropout Prevention; Dropouts; Grade 9; At Risk Students; High School Students; Predictor Variables; Guides; Educational Research; School Districts; State Government; Government Role; Attendance Patterns; Academic Achievement; Data Collection; Intervention; Illinois; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; Oberschule; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Prädiktor; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; School district; Schulbezirk; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Schulleistung; Data capture; Datensammlung
Abstract	The high school dropout problem has been called a national crisis. Educators, researchers, and policymakers continue to work to identify effective dropout prevention approaches. One important element of such prevention efforts is the identification of students at highest risk for dropping out and then the targeting of resources to keep them in school. An early warning system that uses "indicators based on readily accessible data" can predict, during students' first year in high school, whether the students are on the right path toward eventual graduation. Research is clear that ninth grade is a "make or break" year. More students fail ninth grade than any other grade in high school, and a disproportionate number of students who are held back in ninth grade subsequently drop out. Recent research in large urban school districts, including Chicago and Philadelphia, provides information about powerful indicators that can predict, by the end of the first year of high school, or even during the first semester, whether students will complete high school. This brief guide reviews this research and uses it as a basis for providing guidance to schools and districts about using data to address the dropout problem. This guide, intended for educators and policymakers at the school, district, and state levels, is designed to provide information about the following: (1) Factors that contribute to a student's dropping out; (2) Research on early warning indicators; (3) School-level early warning systems; (4) District-level early warning systems; and (5) States' roles in supporting the development and use of early warning systems. (Contains 3 tables and 3 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National High School Center. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 800-634-0503; Fax: 202-403-5875; e-mail: helpfor@betterhighschools.org; Web site: http://www.betterhighschools.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10