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

From GED to College Degree: Creating Pathways to Postsecondary Success for High School Dropouts
This white paper shares lessons from “best in class” GED to College programs that show early, positive results in preparing youth for college and helping them persist once there. It also explores key issues connected to the growth of this…

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

NAEP High School Transcript Study
The NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS), published by the National Center for Education Statistics,   provides the latest data and trends about the types of courses that high school graduates take, the number of credits they earn, the relationship between coursetaking patterns and achievement, as measured by the National…

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High school improvement initiatives often focus on specific intervention strategies, programs, or priority topics (e.g., dropout intervention). However, research shows that systemic and sustainable improvement can be achieved only when initiatives are implemented with consideration for the broader education contexts in which they operate.

The National High School Center is pleased to announce a new online, interactive tool that helps users assess their high school improvement efforts. The Self-Assessment…

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In our previous post, Implementing RTI in High Schools, we noted that there is a lack of research about implementing RTI at the high school level.  Here, we summarize key points from one of the studies on this topic.

In their article “Rethinking Response to Intervention at Middle and High School,” Lynn Fuchs, Douglas Fuchs, and Donald L. Compton of Vanderbilt University identify three areas in which RTI may…

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Although most research about the Response to Intervention (RTI) framework has been conducted at the elementary level, a growing number of practitioners are implementing RTI in high schools in order to support struggling learners, raise graduation rates, and meet state requirements.  In order to learn from practitioners who are implementing RTI at the secondary level, the National High School Center joined with the Center on Instruction (COI) and the…

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In previous posts, we reviewed President Obama’s recent town hall remarks on Hispanic educational attainment and discussed the challenges faced by English language learners in accessing challenging coursework and fulfilling graduation requirements.  Getting students on track early in high school by ensuring access to college preparatory coursework in English and mathematics is critical to keeping them on track to fulfilling college entrance requirements. The National High…

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In a previous post, we reviewed President Obama’s Speech on Hispanic Educational Attainment and College Preparation for English language learners (ELLs). To follow up on this post, we’d like to take a closer look at some of the resources from our Center on the challenges that ELLs face, as well as issues for states and districts to consider.

The National High School Center’s 2009 report High School…

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