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Early Warning System and
ABCs of DROPOUT PREVENTION
PRESENTED BY:Sara Harper, WVEIS Coordinator, WVDERebecca Derenge, Attendance Coordinator, WVDEJack Wiseman, WVPASS Coordinator, Dept. of Education and the Arts
Agenda• Statistics
• Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• ABC Framework
• Early Warning Tool-WOW
• Graduation Cohort
What?
West Virginia Department of Education
Year Graduation Rate
2008-09 70.8%
2009-10 75.5%
2010-11 76.5%
2011-12 77.9%
2012-2013 79.3%
What?
West Virginia Department of Education
Year Dropout Rate
2008-09 2.8% (3,527)2009-10 2.7% (3,353)2010-11 2.2% (2,729)2011-12 1.7% (2,114)2012-13 1.5% (1,877)
So, What?Projected continued dropouts
At this rate, next ten years over 35,000 will drop out of WV schools.
Cost (nationally) Each class of dropouts cost $55 million in
healthcare. 80% of dropouts end up in prison 12 millions students who will drop out over the
next decade will cost the nation $3 trillion dollars.
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
WVDE partnered with the Supreme Court of Appeals and Judicial Systems to create Community Awareness and Action on truancy and dropout prevention.
• School-based probation officers serve in eight counties: Cabell, Logan, Mercer, Greenbrier, Monongalia, Wayne, Boone and Putnam.
• Juvenile Drug Courts are operating in Boone/Lincoln, Brooke/Hancock, Cabell, Greenbrier/Pocahontas, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Logan, Mercer, Monongalia, Putnam, Randolph, Wayne, Wood and McDowell counties.
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• Alternative education programs enrolled 3,558 students during the 2012-13 school year. The 4-Year graduation average for alternative education students is 72.7%
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• A total of $2.5 million dollars in Dropout Innovation Zone Grants was appropriated by the WV Legislature
• WVDE partnered with several advocacy organizations:– Education Alliance Frontline Network – Communities Unite
for High School Success and Dropout Prevention in West Virginia
– Legal Aid of West Virginia through “Youth M.O.V.E. West Virginia”
– Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) to co-host Student Success Summit July 30-31, 2014
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• West Virginia Department of Education Virtual School currently offers 43 credit recovery courses.– West Virginia students registered for 2246 credit
recovery courses during the 2013-2014 school year.• Twenty-five counties registered students for
credit recovery courses during the 2013-2014 school year
Dropout Initiatives
• Mountaineer Challenge Academy - offering struggling students an alternative way to receive a West Virginia Diploma.
• Mountaineer Challenge Academy graduated 124 students in Dec.,2013 with a West Virginia High School Diploma through the Option Pathway.
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
In 2012-2013, 10,339 students graduated with EDGE (Earn a Degree-Graduate Early) credits, and 193 students applied for EDGE credits at a West Virginia community and technical college
Dropout Prevention InitiativesCareer Technical Education Opportunities• expanded High Schools that Work to 25 sites• expanded Technical Center that Work from 7
to 14 sites• expanded Advanced Career Programs from 3
to 12 high schools• Implementation for 2013-2014 school year of
44 Simulated Workplace pilot sites
Dropout Prevention Initiative
• a review by Attendance Directors and significance to drop-out prevention of the West Virginia Board of Education’s Drivers’ License Certification Policy 4150 that includes requirements for attendance, behavior and course performance in order for students to receive their drivers’ permits
Dropout Prevention Initiative
The Option Pathway by which a student receives both a High School Diploma and a State Equivalency Diploma (formally GED)• The Option Pathway is a blend of Career Technical
Education (CTE) and the state approved high school equivalency assessment (HSEA).
• Over 1124 students were enrolled in the Option Pathway during the 2013-2014 school year, with over 553 Option Pathway seniors earning high school diplomas. 125 students received a high school equivalency diploma before leaving high school.
Option Pathway
• Only students who receive the State of West Virginia High School Equivalency Diploma under Option Pathway I and II will graduate with a regular high school diploma and will therefore be counted as graduates.
ABC Framework
Attendance
Behavior
Course Performance
Attendance Relates to disengagement
Kindergartener’s missing 30 or more days of school
Need to create a culture of attendance
This is a life and job readiness skill
Legal consequences after 5 unexcused absences
Many contributing factors : substance abuse,
family problems, depression, pregnancy, boredom,
social anxiety,
Behavior
Can be a barrier to learning
All behavior is purposeful (family problems, substance
abuse, learning problems, boredom, child abuse etc.)
Need to learn the purpose of the behavior to change it
The more time out of class the more they fall behind
Course Performance• Progression of learning• On track or Off track to graduate• Acquiring basic skills to build upon• Basic Math and Literacy Skills are required to pass a
GED test• Some need additional help• Some need a different level• Some need a different teacher
Defaults for Early Warning System A – Attendance B – Behavior C – Course Performance• Attendance – 10% days absent. This includes excused and
unexcused absences. – The option will be given to break the absences down by unexcused
and excused – The option will be given to change the percentage to number of
days absent• Behavior – 2 or more suspensions that are level 2 or above
– The option will be given to designate the level of the behavior and number of occurrences
• Course Performance – Failure of Math and English in a marking period – The option will be given to also look at Science and Social Studies
Defaults for Early Warning System
• Behavior – 2 or more suspensions that are level 2 or above– The option will be given to designate the level of
the behavior and number of occurrences• Course Performance – Failure of Math and
English in a marking period – The option will be given to also look at Science
and Social Studies
Early Warning System
• the Early Warning System is available to all counties and is a web-based tool to help educators identify at-risk students grades 6-12 from research-based indicators (attendance, behavior and course performance)
Example Login screen for WOW
WOW menu
Tab added to WOW
Early Warning System color coding:
Red = student has all 3 ABCs (attendance, behavior, and course code failures)
Orange – Student has 2 ABC’s
Yellow – Student has 1 ABC
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Graduation Cohort• a continuing discussion of the study being
conducted on the graduation cohort as part of the High School Graduation Improvement Act signed into law under HB 4593 beginning with the 2011-12 freshman cohort and raising the dropout age from 16 to 17
New Cohort Document can be found at:http://wveis.k12.wv.us/wvies2004/documents/WV%20Adjuted%20Cohort%20Guidance_091913.pdf
COHORT 2010-
112011-
122012-
13
Total # of 16 year olds who dropped out *694 *359 *86
Total # of 9th Graders who were 16 years old who dropped out
*344 *125 *25
Total # of 16 year olds included in the 9th grade cohort to be impacted by raising the compulsory school age to 17
*1231 *1165
*These figures are calculated using students’ birthdates
4-Year Adjusted Cohort Rate
5-Year Adjusted Cohort Rate
ESEA Graduation TargetsUsed Beginning in the 2012-2013 Accountability Year
4-Year Cohort
85.0%
5-Year Cohort
87.5%Calculation based on improvement p. 14
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