Evidence Based Education Request Desk. EBE #833A

Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. Available from: SERVE Center at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 5900 Summit Avenue Suite 201, Browns Summit, NC 27214. Tel: 800-755-3277; Tel: 336-315-7400; Fax: 336-315-7457; Web site: http://www.serve.org

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Elementary Secondary Education; Dropout Prevention; Evidence; At Risk Students; Dropout Research; Annotated Bibliographies; Databases; Predictor Variables; Dropout Characteristics

Alabama; California; Colorado; Illinois; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; New York; North Carolina; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas

Over the past decade, research on dropout prevention has become focused on using evidence-based practice, and data-driven decisions, to mitigate students' dropping out of high school and instead, support and prepare students for career and college. Early warning systems or on-track indicators, in which readily available student-level data are used to predict whether a student is likely to drop out, are being harnessed by schools, districts, states, and support organizations nationwide to help prevent students from falling off the track to graduation and offer additional educational and support services to those who need them (Pinkus, 2008). Initiatives to create early warning systems are aligned with the What Works Clearinghouse Dropout Prevention Practice Guide recommendation that "utilizing data systems that support a realistic diagnosis of the number of students who dropout and that help identify individual students at high risk of dropping out" is a "critical first step" in effective intervention (Dynarski et al., 2008, p. 12). This paper provides information on K-12 early warning and success indicators. An annotated bibliography is included. (Contains 1 table and 1 footnote.)

ERIC

2012

ED537037