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Superintendent’s Superintendent’s Dropout ChallengeDropout Challenge

Integrating Dropout Prevention and School Improvement

December 2, 2009

MDE Dropout Challenge Support TeamLeisa Gallagher, Challenge Coordinator

Jan Ellis, Office of State Superintendent

Bersheril Bailey, GLE at Learning Point Assoc.

Susan Codere Kelly, HSCE Project Coordinator

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• Introduced by State Superintendent Flanagan on June 30, 2009

• MDE Dropout Challenge Website

• www.Michigan.gov/dropoutchallenge • http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-14

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Dropout Challenge

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• In every Michigan elementary, middle, and high school

• Identify 10-15 students in or nearing a transition year, who exhibit multiple risk factors

• Provide research-based supports and interventions

2009-10 Dropout Challenge

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• Turning the Tide

• Early Warning Signs– Poor grades in core subjects– Grade retention– Low attendance– Disengagement in the classroom

• Implementing the Challenge

• Recognizing Progress

Challenge Overview

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High School Dropouts in America– Who is dropping out?

•Where are students dropping out?– Why do students drop out?

– What are the costs of dropping out?See 2-page handout

Alliance for Excellent Education Fact Sheet

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Michigan Data

• Begin with the data

• The data is not new

• Why focus on dropout prevention?

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CLASS OF 2008 DISTRICT AND BUILDING GRADUATION RATE ANALYSIS

  2008 District Graduation Rate Overview

 Number of School

DistrictsPercent of Districts

Number of Students

Percent of Students

Total Number of School Districts 609   142,564  

Districts with Grad Rates at 100% 9 1% 283 0.2%

Districts with Grad Rates from 90-100% 140 23% 27,117 19.0%

Districts with Grad rates from 80-89% 230 38% 53,294 37.4%

Districts with Grad rates from 70-79% 95 16% 22,722 15.9%

Districts with Grad rates from 0-69% 135 22% 39,148 27.5%

  2008 All Building Graduation Rate Overview

  All BuildingsPercent of Buildings

Number of Students

Percent of Students

Total Number of School Buildings 972   131,204  

Buildings with Grad Rates at 100% 23 2% 772 0.6%

Buildings with Grad Rates from 90-100% 319 33% 65,259 49.7%

Buildings with Grad rates from 80-89% 217 22% 33,883 25.8%

Buildings with Grad rates from 70-79% 62 6% 10,241 7.8%

Buildings with Grad rates from 60-69% 44 5% 5,995 4.6%

Buildings with Grad rates from 50-59% 47 5% 2,435 1.9%

Buildings with Grad rates from 40-49% 36 4% 1,828 1.4%

Buildings with Grad rates from 30-39% 39 4% 1,724 1.3%

Buildings with Grad rates from 20-29% 65 7% 2,709 2.1%

Buildings with Grad rates from 10-19% 64 7% 3,713 2.8%

Buildings with Grad rates from 0-9% 56 6% 2,645 2.0%

76% or 99,914 students attend 559 schools where eight out of ten students graduate

9.6% or 12,619 students attend 289 schools where less than 1 out of 2 students graduate

7.5% or 9,896 students attend 185 schools where less than 1 out of every three students graduate

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Recommendations, p. 6

• Diagnostic – Identify students at risk of dropping out

• Targeted Interventions– Assign adult advocates

– Provide academic support and enrichment

– Implement programs to improve classroom behavior

• Schoolwide Interventions– Personalize the learning environment

– Provide rigorous and relevant instruction

Dropout Prevention IES Practice Guide

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• Recommendation Checklist, pp. 10-11• Lists 6 recommendations with tasks• Supporting information for each recommendation

– Level of evidence– Brief summary of evidence to support recommendation– How to carry out recommendation– Potential roadblocks and suggested approaches

• Conclusion• Appendix D – Technical information on the studies

Dropout Prevention IES Practice Guide

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IES Recommendation Checklist, pp. 10-11

For each recommendation, indicate• Green dot – practice currently in place• Yellow dot – practice in development, needs

strengthening• Red dot – practice critical, need to adopt

Gallery Walk

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• Summarize Responses• Resources to Support Recommendations

Gallery Walk Reflection

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National High School Center http://www.betterhighschools.org/pubs/#Dropout

– Developing Early Warning Systems to Identify Potential High School Dropouts

• Guide• Tool

– Approaches to Dropout Prevention: Heeding Early Warning Signs with Appropriate Interventions(See excerpt in packet)

Resources

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Adapted from NHS Center Tool

• Student Information

• A,B,Cs

• Attendance

• Behavior

• Content - Academic Course/Credit

Michigan Student Information Log Early Warning Signs (EWS)

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Bringing Off-Track Youth into the Center of High School Reform • Jobs for the Future• Lessons and Tools from Leading Communities

– Improving Schools’ Capacity to Keep Students On Track

– Expanding the Options– Improving and Supporting Options

Implementation Resource

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• Everyone Graduates (Johns Hopkins) http://www.every1graduates.org/

Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path (Balfanz) http://every1graduates.org/PDFs/NMSA_ExecutiveSummary_Balfanz.pdf

http://every1graduates.org/PDFs/NMSA_Policy_Brief_Balfanz.pdf

• Center on Instruction http://www.centeroninstruction.org/

• America’s Promise http://www.silentepidemic.org/

Additional Resources

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Integrating Dropout Prevention in the School Improvement Plan

• Where do the Dropout Prevention Recommendations fit in the School Improvement Framework?

• Does your school improvement plan extend deep enough to – reduce the dropout risk?

– address the interaction between the As, Bs, and Cs?

• Use matrix to analyze alignment.

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Dropout Prevention

• 2009-10 Focus on– Awareness– Developing EWS and Supports– Identify 10-15 students– Share results

• 2010-11 System-wide initiative– Fully integrated into school improvement

plan

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Graduation Town

Digital Learning Community

• For Challenge Schools

• Supported by Title IID Technology Funds

• Hosted by MASSP

• Stay tuned for more information

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Dropout Prevention Summit

• Date in February 2010 TBD • Additional support for identifying and

supporting students at risk of dropping out

• Emphasis on taking research to practice• Survey: Live and/or e-conference

options

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Leisa GallagherDropout Challenge Coordinator

LGallagher@cenmi.org

Jan EllisOffice of the Superintendent

EllisJ@michigan.gov

Contact Information

Susan Codere KellyHSCE Project Coordinator

CodereS@michigan.gov

Bersheril BaileyMDE Liaison, GLE at Learning Point Associates

Bersheril.Bailey@learningpt.org