Michelle Perry and Matthew Hauenstein from the National High School Center’s Early Warning System (EWS) Team recently presented on the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System (EWIMS) implementation process and EWS Middle Grades and High SchoolTools at the 24^th Annual At-Risk Youth Forum, held February 19-22 in Myrtle Beach, SC.  The Forum, sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network, featured a variety of presenters and attendees from

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Educational leaders in Ohio held “Embracing the Common Core: Helping Students Thrive” on Wednesday, February 15th, to discuss the progress of standards implementation in their state. Hosted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the webcasted meeting featured state Board of Education members, educational leaders, and state and district superintendents.

These leaders addressed the challenges and promises facing Ohio’s educators, discussed what various state and local educational…

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Looking for new high school-related resources? Here are some pieces that other organizations have recently released:*

How Prepared Are Subgroups of Texas Students for College-Level Reading? (Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory, January 2012). This brief builds on a recent report (Wilkins et al. 2010) that used the Lexile measure (a method for measuring the reading difficulty of prose text and the reading capability of individuals) to estimate the proportion of Texas grade…

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The National High School Center, National Center on Response to Intervention, and National Center on Intensive Intervention are launching an online community of practice for school and district practitioners implementing tiered interventions in high schools. The High School Tiered Interventions Community of Practice will allow participants from around the country to share resources and engage in discussions with colleagues and national experts on how to move their…

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Under Principle 1: College and Career Ready Expectations of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Waiver Applications, states were required to include their definition of CCR in their applications. We reviewed the 10 approved waiver applications seeking clarity about states’ definitions of CCR expectations.

Three of the 10 states (Indiana, New Jersey, and New Mexico) did not provide CCR definitions, but indicated that the definitions are in progress. Four…

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The National High School Center is pleased to announce the release of our new YouTube channel.  The channel features the latest videos from our Webinars, conferences, and other ongoing initiatives.  Currently featured are the sessions from last year’s Midwest High School SIG Conference, Sue Szachowicz’s follow-up presentation on school turnaround, and the EWS Middle Grades and High School Webinar Series.  Check out the channel for our…

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The National High School Center’s early warning system (EWS) project was recently featured in a February 8^th Education Week article, “Data Tools Aim to Predict Student Performance.”

The article focused on the efforts of states and districts across the nation to utilize data systems to identify and support at-risk students.  Two of the data systems highlighted were the National High School Center’s Early Warning System High School…

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