Mitch Fowler School Data Consultant Calhoun ISD [email protected] Dropout Prevention: What you can do today to help kids!. The Research Says….
Sixth graders with poor attendance (less than 80 percent), a failing mark for classroom behavior, a failing grade in math or a failing grade in English had only a 10 percent chance of graduating within four years of entering high school and only a 20 percent chance of graduating a year late (Balfanz & Herzog, 2005).
Identifying Potential Dropouts: Key Lessons for Building an Early Warning Data System: A Dual Agenda of High Standards and High Graduation Rates by Craig Jerald.
• Align performance standards to college and career readiness
• Focus on transitions from high school to college and careers as well as on transitions into high school
Schools that offer fewer math courses below Algebra I reduced the odds of dropping out by 28 percent, and those that offer calculus reduced the odds by 55 percent (Lee & Burkham, 2000).
Effective teachers need to be working closely with those most at-risk for dropping out…
Check & Connect :
Intensive interventions such as Check and Connect can cut dropouts by as much as half, but they are even more effective when implemented with school wide reforms (Jerald, 2007).
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