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Implementation of an Early Warning Indicator and Intervention System
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Davis, Marcia H.; Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Balfanz, Robert W.; Stein, Marc L.; Fox, Joanna Hornig – Preventing School Failure, 2019
This study focuses on the implementation of an early warning indicator and intervention system in 20 southern high schools. This model included a team of teachers, counselors, and student support services personnel who analyzed ninth-grade student-level data and implemented and monitored interventions. The team was led by a half-time coach who…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Identification, Dropout Prevention, Intervention
An Efficacy Study of a Ninth-Grade Early Warning Indicator Intervention
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Stein, Marc L.; Davis, Marcia H.; Balfanz, Robert W.; Fox, Joanna Hornig – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019
Building on previous research showing how well ninth-grade student behaviors predict on-time high school graduation, this experimental study investigates the impact of a ninth-grade intervention on student attendance and course passing. The study, conducted in 41 geographically and demographically diverse high schools within a single state,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Predictor Variables, Graduation Rate
The ABCs of Keeping on Track to Graduation: Research Findings from Baltimore
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Messel, Matthew – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2013
This study of graduation outcomes in Baltimore uses multivariate analysis of longitudinal student cohort data to examine the impact of factors identified in previous research as early warning indicators of a dropout outcome. Student cohort files were constructed from longitudinal administrative data (following all first-time 2004-2005 and…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Multivariate Analysis, Predictor Variables, Graduation
The Challenge of Improving Urban High School Graduation Outcomes: Findings from a Randomized Study of Dropout Prevention Efforts
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2011
This 5-year longitudinal randomized study focused on the effects of a dropout prevention program implemented at two urban high schools. The program incorporated the characteristics of personalization found in previous research to have some positive effects, and typical of the type of programs implemented in many high schools nationwide. The…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Urban Schools, High Schools, Dropout Programs
Advancing the "Colorado Graduates" Agenda: Understanding the Dropout Problem and Mobilizing to Meet the Graduation Challenge. [Executive Summary]
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Balfanz, Robert; Byrnes, Vaughan – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2009
The ambitious goal set by Colorado's governor to address the state's dropout problem is a model for the nation. Helping thousands of young people to receive their high school diplomas instead of leaving school without them is a crucial step in improving the quality of life for all Colorado residents. Accomplishing this goal will require focused…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Adolescents, Graduation, Dropout Prevention
Gradual Disengagement: A Portrait of the 2008-09 Dropouts in the Baltimore City Schools. Research Report
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2010
This report paints a collective portrait of the Baltimore City Schools dropouts of 2008-09 to summarize some of the commonalities that join their individual stories together. After examining the surface level demographic characteristics of these dropouts, researchers probed more deeply into their behavioral characteristics in the years preceding…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Dropout Characteristics, At Risk Students, Dropout Prevention