Maryland Education Department dropout prevention guide serves as model for other states

A common and problematic feature of American school systems is a one-size-fits-all route to graduation. Maryland’s state educators are looking to change that, however. In an effort to lower the prevalence of dropouts, the Maryland State Board of Education has created and released the Dropout Prevention School Completion Intervention Resource Guide.

The Guide outlines a variety of alternative education options, and identifies what former practices have successfully worked to keep students at risk of dropping out in school. There are six key factors that the Board identified as essential to maintaining these at-risk teens:

Utilize data systems that support realistic diagnosis of the number of students who drop out and help identify individual students at high risk of dropping out (diagnostic)

By Julie Cushing

Full Story: http://www.americaspromise.org/News-and-Events/News-and-Features/APB-2012/Vol-4/Maryland-Dropout-Guide.aspx

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