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 Linking Research and Resources for Better High Schools

The National High School Center is a central source of information and expertise on high school improvement issues for the Regional Comprehensive Centers. Our work includes identifying effective programs and tools, offering user-friendly products, and providing high-quality technical assistance to support the use of research-based approaches within high schools.


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Spotlight

New DocumentAsk the Expert
Starting Jan. 12th, the National High School Center will feature an “Ask the Expert" column. Dr. Lou Danielson, the former director of the Research to Practice Division in the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education and acting director of research for the National High School Center will serve as January’s expert focusing on tiered intervention on the high school level. Nettie Legters will serve as February’s expert discussing dropout prevention and Todd Flaherty will serve as March’s expert highlighting best practices in building capacity for high school improvement on the state, district, and school level. Learn more

New DocumentNational High School Center Early Warning Systems Webinar: January 28, 2009
Nationally, U.S. high schools are failing to graduate approximately 30% of the country’s future workforce each school year. Identifying warning signs during important transition years is critical for targeting resources and interventions to prevent dropout.

The National High School Center hosted Identifying Students At-Risk for Dropping Out of High School: Overview of a Tool for Developing Early Warning Systems, an interactive Webinar, on January 28, 2009, from 3:00pm EST to 4:15pm EST which provided a tour of the Early Warning SystemTool (please maximize the document’s screen in Excel in order to access all the spreadsheet tabs in the tool) and Early Warning Systems Guide along with information about how these resources can be used as part of a dropout prevention strategy to keep students in school. View the Power point slides from the Webinar here.

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New Document Quick Stats Fact Sheet: High School Literacy
This fact sheet serves as an easy-to-read overview of the current state of high school literacy instruction and achievement as well as the importance of obtaining a high level of literacy prior to leaving high school. (January 2009)

 

 

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The National High School Center is administered by the American Institutes for Research through a grant by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education.

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The contents of this Web site were developed under a grant (Grant #S283B050028, CFDA Subprogram 84.283) from the Department of Education. Information presented in this site does not necessarily represent the policies of the Department of Education, and does not imply endorsement by the Federal Government.