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High School Dropout Prevention
Defining Dropout | Early Warning Signs | Dropout Prevention Strategies | Dropout Prevention for Students with Special Needs | Research on this Topic 
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Far too many high school students drop out of school long before graduation day. The National High School Center will provide a variety of valuable resources in the area of dropout prevention. A relatively strong research base exists for student dropout prevention, and when it comes to these types of high school interventions, researchers know a great deal about what works. The National High School Center will help bridge those research-based findings with real-life practice in schools.
Dropout Prevention for Students with Special Needs
Dropout Prevention for Students With Disabilities: A Critical Issue for State Education Agencies
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. (May 2007)
What Matters for Staying On-Track and Graduating in Chicago Public Schools: A Focus on Students with Disabilities
Freshman year course performance—more than background characteristics such as race, gender, socioeconomic status or prior achievement—predict which students with disabilities are most at risk for dropping out of high school, according to a new report from the National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research and the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago. The report found that absences, course failures, course credits and GPA all can be used to accurately predict whether ninth-graders with disabilities will graduate from high school. Identifying these early warning indicators is especially crucial for students with disabilities, who drop out of high school at alarming rates. (December 2009)
Essential Tools—Increasing Rates of School Completion: Moving From Policy and Research to Practice
Published by the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), this report presents a research synthesis of dropout prevention interventions for students with disabilities and provides additional tools and resources for educators and policymakers at the state, district, and school level.
