Outside Information & Resources
The following list of reports, articles, and links represents a variety of nationally recognized sources and serves an as informational resource for Virginia schools. This list is a sample of the multitude of documents related to efforts to improve school attendance, reduce student dropout, and increase persistence to graduation. This list is offered as a tool for research, information and program planning options. Inclusion on this list does not constitute endorsement of the information at those sites.
Files are PDF documents unless indicated otherwise.
- Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2006 Compendium Report Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- School Dropout Prevention: A Civil Rights and Public Health Imperative Source: The Center for Mental Health in Schools operating under the auspices of the School Mental Health Project in the Department of Psychology, UCLA
- African American Students and U.S. High Schools - Fact Sheet Source: Alliance For Excellent Education
- What Your Community Can Do to End its Drop-Out Crisis - Learnings from Research and Practice Source: Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University
- Beyond City Limits - Cross-System Collaboration To Reengage Disconnected Youth Source: Nation League of Cities (NLC), Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF)
- Dropout Risk Factors and Exemplary Programs - A Technical Report Source: National Dropout Prevention Center/Network and Communities In Schools, Inc.
- Dropouts, Diplomas, and Dollars - U.S. High Schools and the Nation’s Economy Source: Alliance For Excellent Education
- Federal Education Policy Toolkit - A Guide For Local And State Advocates On The Key Federal Policy Issues Affecting Graduation Rates And College-Readiness Source: First Focus - Making Children & Families The Priority
- How Young People View Their Lives, Futures and Politics - A Portrait of "Generation Next" Source: A Survey Conducted by the Pew Research Center For The People & The Press in association with The Generation Next Initiative and Documentary produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
- When Girls Don’t Graduate, We All Fail - A Call to Improve High School Graduation Rates For Girls Source: The National Women’s Law Center
- Help is Down the Hall - A Handbook on Student Assistance Source: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Dropout Prevention Practice Guide Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
- Supporting Parents - Promising City Efforts to Help Young Children Succeed Source: Nation League of Cities (NLC), Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF)
- The Role of Parents in Dropout Prevention: Strategies that Promote Graduation and School Achievement Source: article appearing in Parent Brief - Promoting effective parent involvement in secondary education and transition, a publication of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) and PACER Center.
- Approaches to Dropout Prevention: Heeding Early Warning Signs With Appropriate Interventions Source: National High School Center, LINK: betterhighschools.org
- Retrospective Analysis of the Pennsylvania Student Assistance Program Outcome Data - Implications for Practice and Research Source: School of Education, University of Pittsburgh and the Student Assistance Program, Addiction Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh
- The School Dropout Crisis - Why One-Third of All High School Students Don’t Graduate - What Your Community Can Do About It Source: Learning to Finish - a National coalition of communities working together to respond to the school dropout crisis; the University of Richmond Pew Partnership for Civic Change
- The Impact of Policies and Procedures on Dropout and School Completion Source: the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
- Reach Higher, America - Overcoming Crisis in The U.S. Workforce Source: the National Commission on Adult Literacy
- Differential Growth in the Black-White Achievement Gap During Elementary School Among Initially High- and Low-Scoring Students Source: Stanford University, Institute for Research on Education Policy & Practice
- Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Bridgespan Group
- School or the Streets - Crime and California's Dropout Crisis Source: Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California
- Afterschool, Family, & Community - Increasing Student Success Beyond the School Day Source: article appearing in the SEDL Letter, a magazine of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
- The State of Black America, 2007 - Portrait of the Black Male, Abstracts Source: National Urban League Policy Institute
- The Silent Epidemic Perspectives of High School Dropouts Source: Civic Enterprises
- What Matters, What Works - Advancing Achievement After School Source: The James Irvine Foundation
Outside websites:
- America's Promise Alliance
- Center For Public Education - Dropout, research and practice strategies
- Dropout Prevention - What Works Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
- National Dropout Prevention Centers
- National Dropout Prevention Centers for Students With Disabilities
- National Education Association (NEA) - Dropout Prevention
- Radford University Training & Technical Assistance Center
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