TOPIC: Dropout Prevention

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Center Developed Documents, Resources and Tools

Introductory Packet

• Dropout Prevention
• Transitions: Turning Risks into Opportunities for Student Support

Guidance and Policy Notes

• Dropout Prevention
• Supports for Students Deemed At-Risk
• Supporting Successful Transition to Ninth Grade
• Working with Disengaged Students

Newsletter

• Concerns = Opportunities: Addressing Student Disengagement, Acting Out, and Dropouts by Moving in New Directions
• Re-Engaging Students in Learning at School
• School Dropout Prevention: A Civil Rights and Public Health Imperative

Quick Training Aids

• Case Management in the School Context
• Re-Engaging Students in Learning

Continuing Education Module

• Enhancing Classroom Approaches for Addressing Barriers to Learning: Classroom-Focused Enabling

Reports & Briefs

• A Center Policy & Practice Analysis Brief: Dropout Prevention: Do Districts Pursue Best Practice Recommendations?
• A Center Policy & Practice Analysis Brief: School Attendance Problems: Are Current Policies & Practices Going in the Right Direction?

Fact & Information Resources

• Defining Multiple Pathways for High School Graduation
• Dropouts and the 9th Grade Bulge

Training Tutorial

• Classroom Changes to Enhance & Reengage Students in Learning

Technical Aid Packet

• School-Based Client Consultation, Referral, and Management of Care

Quick Find

• School Avoidance

Articles

• H.S. Adelman & L. Taylor (2000). Moving Prevention From the Fringes into the Fabric of School Improvement. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 11(1), p. 7-36.

• Building a Comprehensive System to Support All Students Getting to High School Graduation and Beyond
• Building a Grad Nation
• Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic
• Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic: 2013 Annual Update
• Diploma Options, Graduation Requirements, and Exit Exams for Youth with Disabilities: 2011 National Study, National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2012 (Technical Report 62),
• The Dropout Argument
• Dropout Prevention in Middle and High Schools: From Research to Practice
• Early High School Dropouts: What are their Characteristics?
• Educational Attainment of High School Dropouts 8 Years Later
• Everyone Graduates
• Facing the School Dropout Dilemma
• Factors that Promote High School Graduation: A Review of the Literature
• Grad Nation Community Guidebook provides roadmap for increasing high school graduation rates
• How to End the Dropout Crisis: Proven Strategies for Keeping Kids in School.
• Increasing Rates of School Completion: Moving from Policy and Research to Practice
• One-Third of a Nation: Rising Dropout Rates and Declining Opportunities
• Plans for Dropout Prevention and Special School Support Services for American Indian and Alaska Native Students
• Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008-09
• Public School Graduates and Dropouts from the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009-10
• The Real Truth about Low Graduation Rates, An Evidence-Based Commentary
• Reconnecting Youth: Promoting Emotional Competence and Social Support to Improve Academic Achievement
• The Rural Dropout Problems: An Invisible Achievement Gap
• Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008
• Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2009
• Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2012
• Understanding Dropouts: Statistics, Strategies and High-Stakes Testing
• User’s Guide to Computing High School Graduation Rates
• What Works? Targeted Truancy and Dropout Programs in Middle and High School

• National Dropout Prevention: Solutions to Dropout Crisis

Related Agencies and Websites

• Alternative Schools Network
• America's Promise Alliance
• ASPIRA Association, Inc.
• Center for Employment Training
• Generator School Netowrk
• Intercultural Development Research Association
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Center on Universal Design for Learning
• National Dropout Prevention Center
• Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) Research
• What Works Clearinghouse

• Current information on dropout prevention: Ideas from the practitioners and the literature. Martin, E. J., Tobin, T. J., & Sugai, G. M. (2002). Preventing School Failure, 47(1), 10-17.
• Do we know whom to serve? issues in using risk factors to identify dropouts. Gleason, P., & Dynarski, M. (2002). Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 7(1), 25-41.
• A drop-out prevention program for high-risk inner-city youth. Behavior Modification. Lever, N., Sander, M. A., Lombardo, S., Randall, C., Axelrod, J., & Rubenstein, M. et al. (2004). Special Expanded School Mental Health: Exploring Program Details and Developing the Research Base, 28(4), 513-527.
• Dropout-prevention programs: Right intent, wrong focus, and some suggestions on where to go from here. Montecel, M. R., Cortez, J. D., & Cortez, A. (2004). Education And Urban Society, 36(2), 169-188.
• Dropout prevention strategies for hispanic students. Purcell, J. (2000). U.S.; California: from ERIC database.
• Dropout Prevention Tools. Schargel, F.P. (2003). Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education Inc.
• Dropping out of school: A review of intervention programs. Prevatt, F., & Kelly, F. D. (2003). Journal of School Psychology, 41(5), 377-395.
• Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It. By Rumberger, R.W. (2011). Harvard University Press.
• Early literacy education: First steps toward dropout prevention. effective strategies for school improvement and dropout prevention. Stegelin, D. A. (2002). U.S.; South Carolina: National Dropout Prevention Center.
• Evaluation of a 4-year Dropout Prevention Program: Comparison of High School Hispanic and African American Students. Rodriguez, N. M. (2004). Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities & Social Sciences, 64(7-A), 2385. database.
• Helping Students Graduate: A Strategic Approach to Dropout Prevention. Schargel, F.P., & Smink, J. (Eds.). (2004). Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education, Inc.
• A Motivational Model of Rural Students' Intentions to Persist in, Versus drop out of, High School. Hardre, P. L., & Reeve, J. (2003). Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(2), 347-356.
• Moving Beyond Dropout Towards School Completion: An Integrative Review of Data-Based Interventions. Lehr, C. A., Hansen, A., Sinclair, M. F., & Christenson, S. L. (2003). School Psychology Review, 32(3), 342-364.
• Predictors of Early High School Dropout: A Test of Five Theories. By Battin-Pearson, S., Abbott, R. D., Hill, K. G., Catalano, R. F., Hawkins, J. D., & Newcomb, M. D. (2000). Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(3), p. 568-582.
• Prediction of Risk for Secondary School Dropout: Personal, Family and School Factors/La prediction du risque de decrochage scolaire au secondaire : Facteurs personnels, familiaux et scolaires. Fortin, L., Royer, É, Potvin, P., Marcotte, D., & Yergeau, É. (2004). Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 36(3), p. 219-231.
• Preventing High School Dropout Among Students with Mild Disabilities: A Literature Review. By Sutherland, M. B. & MacMillan, R. C. (2001). U.S.; Pennsylvania: from ERIC Database.
• Qualitative Assessment of Cognitive-Based Dropout Prevention Strategy. By Chinien, C. & Boutin, F. (2002). High School Journal, 85(2), p. 1-11.
• A Recommended Approach to Providing High School Dropout and Completion Rates at the State Level. By Winglee, M. (2000). Washington, D.C.: U.S Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
• Reducing Dropout Rates. Educational Benchmark 2000 Series. By Creech, J. D. (2000). U.S.; Georgia: Southern Regional Education Board.
• Retaining African Americans in Higher Education: Challenging Paradigms for Retaining Black Students, Faculty and Administrators. By Jones, L. (Eds.) (2001). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
• Strategies to Help Solve Our School Dropout Problem. By Schargel, F.P. & Smink, J. (2001). Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education Inc.
• Student-teacher relationships: An overlooked factor in school dropout. By Davis, K. S., & Dupper, D. R. (2004). Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 9(1-2), p. 179-193.
• Through a New Lens: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives on School Completion and Dropping Out of High School. By Doll, B. & Hess, R. S. (2001). School Psychology Quarterly, 16(4), p. 351-356.
• Understanding Dropouts: Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing. National Research Council (2001). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
• Youth Risk: A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents. By Capuzzi, D. & Gross, D.R. (2000). American Counseling Association: Alexandria, VA.

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