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Almeida, C., Steinberg, A., Santos, J., & Le, C. (2010). Six pillars of effective dropout prevention and recovery: An assessment of current state policy and how to improve it. Jobs for Future. Retrieved from http://www.jff.org/publications/six-pillars-effective-dropout-prevention-and-recovery-assessment-current-state-policy
Attendance Works. (2015). Count us in! Working together to show that every school day matters. Retrieved from http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/Count-Us-In-toolkit-2015_Final.pdf
Barrat, V. X., Berliner, B., & Fong, A. B. (2012). When dropping out is not a permanent high school outcome: Student characteristics, motivations, and re-enrollment challenges. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 17(4), 217-233. doi:10.1080/10824669.2012.717028
Bowers, A., Sprott, R., & Taff, S. (2013). Do we know who will drop out? A Review of the predictors of dropping out of high school: precision, sensitivity and specificity. The High School Journal, Vol. 96, Columbia University Academic Commons, Retrieved from https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac%3A163941
Bruce, M., Bridgeland, J.M., Fox, J.H., & Balfanz, R. (2011). On track for success: The use of early warning indicator and intervention systems to build a grad nation. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED526421
Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K. (2017). Promising gains, persistent gaps: Youth disconnection in America. Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/Promising%20Gains%20Final.pdf
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement. (2011). Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/dropoutprevention/resources/2011dpseprogrampolicyreport.pdf
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement. (2016). 2014-2015 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2015dropoutpreventionpolicyreport
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement. (2017). 2015-2016 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2015-16statepolicyondpse
Center for Promise. (2016). Don't quit on me: What young people who left school say about the power of relationships. America’s Promise Alliance. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-quit-me?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Don%27t%20Quit%20on%20Me%20Landing%20Page&utm_campaign=DQOM%20Blast%20Email%209/16/2015
Center for Promise. (2014). Don’t call them dropouts; understanding the experiences of young people who leave high school before graduation. America’s Promise Alliance. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-call-them-dropouts
Colorado Children’s Campaign. (2018). Creating safe school environments in Colorado. Retrieved from https://www.coloradokids.org
Colorado Department of Education. (2016). Colorado Multi-Tiered System of Supports Overview. Retrieved from: https://www.cde.state.co.us/mtss/mtssessentialcomponentsdefinitionsjune2016
Colorado Department of Education. (2010). Dropout prevention and student re-engagement. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/cdeprevention/download/pdf/cdedpsepolicybriefjec2010final%20%282%29.pdf
Colorado Department of Education. (2014). Colorado Department of Education performance plan 2013–14. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/CDEPerformancePlanJan2014_0.pdf
Corrin, W., Sepanik, S., Rosen, R. & Shane, A. (2016). Addressing early warning indicators: Interim impact findings from the Investing in Innovation (i3) evaluation of Diplomas Now. MDRC Publications. Retrieved from http://diplomasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DiplomasNow-3rd-2016.pdf
Darling-Hammond, L., Bae, S., Cook-Harvey, C., Lam, L., et al. (2016). Pathways to new accountability through the Every Student Succeeds Act. Learning Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/product-files/Pathways_New-Accountability_Through_Every_Student_Succeeds_Act_04202016.pdf
D'Agustino, S. (2013). Providing innovative opportunities and options for credit recovery through afterschool and summer learning programs. The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project. Retrieved from http://www.expandinglearning.org/expandingminds/article/providing-innovative-opportunities-and-options-credit-recovery-through
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., & Bridgeland, J. (2016). Annual Update 2016: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rate. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://new.every1graduates.org/2016-building-a-grad-nation-report/
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J., Atwell, M., & Ingram, E.S. (2017). Annual Update 2017: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rates. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from https://gradnation.americaspromise.org/report/2017-building-grad-nation-report
Deyé, S. (2011). A path to graduation for every child: State legislative roles and responsibilities. A report of The NCSL task force on school dropout prevention and recovery. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/ncsldropouttaskforcereport.pdf
Dockery, D. (2012). School dropout indicators, trends, and interventions for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 10(12), 1-33. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ978868.pdf
Donnell-Kay Foundation. (2012). Alternative education in Colorado: Recommendations for improving state outcomes for opportunity youth. Retrieved from http://dkfoundation.org/assets/files/2012-Alternative-Education-in-Colorado.pdf
Donnell-Kay Foundation & Colorado Children's Campaign. (2010). Answering the call: A report on Colorado's high school dropouts and best practices for improving educational outcomes. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED538786.pdf
DuPont, R. L., Caldeira, K. M., DuPont, H. S., Vincent, K. B., Shea, C. L., & Arria, A. M. (2013). America’s dropout crisis: The unrecognized connection to adolescent substance use. Rockville, MD: Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.cls.umd.edu/docs/AmerDropoutCrisis.pdf
Education Commission of the States. (2011). Credit recovery and proficiency-based credit: Maintaining high expectations while providing flexibility. Retrieved from http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/94/23/9423.pdf
Engelman, A. (2017). 2017 Legislative report Colorado school counselor corps grant program. CREED Connections, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/postsecondary/2017sccgannualreport
Every Student Succeeds Act. (2016). Every student succeeds act primer: High school dropout prevention and reengagement of out-of-school youth. Retrieved from https://www.all4ed.org/reports-factsheets/every-student-succeeds-act-primer-high-school-dropout-prevention-and-reengagement-of-out-of-school-youth/
Faria, A., Sorensen, N., Heppen, J., Bowdon, J., Taylor, S., Eisner, R., & Foster, S. (2017). Getting students on track for graduation: Impacts of the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System after one year. Regional Educational Laboratory Program. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=388
Frazelle, S. & Nagel, A. (2015). A practitioner’s guide to implementing early warning systems. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED552306.pdf
Freeman, J., & Simonsen, B. (2015). Examining the impact of policy and practice interventions on high school dropout and school completion rates: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 85(2), 205-248. doi:10.3102/0034654314554431
Healthy Kids Colorado. (2015). Healthy kids Colorado survey executive summary. University of Colorado Denver Community Epidemiology & Program Evaluation Group. Retrieved from https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PF_Youth_HKCS-2015-Exec-Summary.pdf
Henry, K., Cavanagh, T., & Oetting, E. (2011). Perceived parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between socio-economic indicators and educational outcomes in rural America. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 40(9), 1164-1177. doi:10.1007/s10964-010-9616-4
Henry, K., Knight, K., & Thornberry, T. (2012). School disengagement as a predictor of dropout, delinquency, and problem substance use during adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 41(2), 156-166. doi:10.1007/s10964-011-9665-3
Kena, G., Musu-Gillette, L., Robinson, J., Wang, X., Rathbun, A., Zhang, J., . . .Velez, E. (2015). The condition of education 2015 (NCES 2015-144). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015144.pdf
Kim, S., Chang, M., Singh, K., & Allen, K. R. (2015). Patterns and factors of high school dropout risks of racial and linguistic groups. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 20(4), 336-351. doi:10.1080/10824669.2015.1047019
Mac Iver, M., & Wang, A. (2011). Reengaging dropouts in Colorado. Baltimore, Maryland: The Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/reengagementreport
Mac Iver, M.A., Balfanz, R. & Byrnes, V. (2009). Advancing the "Colorado Graduates" agenda: Understanding the dropout problem and mobilizing to meet the graduation challenge. The Center for Social Organization of Schools John Hopkins University. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539116.pdf
Martinez, J., Fritz, P., & Krueger, J. (2013). 2011-2012 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/dropoutprevention/download/pdf/2012_dpse_legislative_reportv3.pdf
Martinez, J., Fritz, P., & Rosa, J. (2014). 2012-2013 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2013_dpse_report_to_the_legislature
Moore, K.A. (2014). Making the grade: Assessing the evidence for integrated student supports. Child Trends. Retrieved from https://childtrends-ciw49tixgw5lbab.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-07ISSPaper2.pdf
Morales, L., Jaross, M., Rimando, A., Shtivelband, A., Davlyn, A., & Vanderburg, J. (2014). Opportunity youth in Denver: Environmental scan. JVA Consulting for Rose Community Foundation. Retrieved from https://joiningvisionandaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OpportunityYouthinDenverEnvironmentalScan-March2014.pdf
Morgan, L. (2014). Review of the literature in dropout prevention. Colorado Department of Education, USDE High School Graduation Initiatives Project. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cgpbestpracticeguide
National Center for Education Statistics. (2015). ED School climate surveys (EDSCLS), National benchmark study. Retrieved from https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/sites/default/files/Appendix_D_2015_EDSCLS_Pilot_Test_Report%20%281%29.pdf
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. 15 effective strategies for dropout prevention. Retrieved from http://dropoutprevention.org/effective-strategies/
National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research. (2011). National high school center early warning system tool v2.0 technical manual. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED521687.pdf
O'Cummings, M. & Therriault, S. (2015). From accountability to prevention: Early warning systems put data to work for struggling students. Early Warning Systems in Education, American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from http://www.earlywarningsystems.org/tools-supports/
OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. (2017). PBIS in the classroom. Retrieved from: www.pbis.org
REFT Institute, Inc. (2010). Girls' dropout prevention report. Retrieved from https://www.wfco.org/document.doc?id=69
REL Central. (2011). Dropout prevention and intervention strategies. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/resources
Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. (2012). Forgotten youth: Re-engaging students through dropout recovery. Cambridge, MA: Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. Recovered from http://www.renniecenter.org/sites/default/files/2017-01/ForgottenYouth.pdf
Rennie-Hill, L., Villano, J., Feist, M., Legters, N., Thomases, J., & Williams, P. (2014). Bringing students back to the center: A resource guide for implementing and enhancing re-engagement centers for out-of-school youth. Youth for a Change. Retrieved from http://youthforachange.org/services/colorado-reengagement-network/resources/student-reengagement-resources.html
Roderick, M., Kelley-Kemple, T., Johnson, D., & Beechum, N. (2014). Preventable failure: Improvements in long-term outcomes when high schools focused on the ninth-grade year. University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research. Retrieved from https://consortium.uchicago.edu/news-item/preventable-failure-new-report-demonstrates-how-focus-ninth-grade-track-rates-has-led
Rumberger, R., Addis, H., Allensworth, E., Balfanz, R., et al (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools. Washington D.C.: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/wwc_dropout_092617.pdf
Therriault, S. B., Heppen, J., O'Cummings, M., Fryer, L., & Johnson, A. (2010). Early warning system implementation guide. National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED521686.pdf
Tice, P., Lipari, R. N. & Van Horn, S. L. (2017). Substance use among 12th grade aged youths, by dropout status. The CBHSQ Report: August 15, 2017. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3196/ShortReport-3196.html
Tromski-Klingshirn, D. & Miura, Y. (2017). School counselors’ role in dropout prevention and credit recovery. Journal of School Counseling, 15(4), 1-17. Retrieved from http://jsc.montana.edu/articles/v15n4.pdf
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. (2016). Issue brief: Early warning systems. Policy and Program Studies Service. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/high-school/early-warning-systems-brief.pdf
What Works Clearinghouse. (2015). WWC intervention report: Check and connect. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/InterventionReports/wwc_checkconnect_050515.pdf
What Works Clearinghouse. (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools: Practice guide summary. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_dp_summary_101717.pdf
Community Engagement
Center for Promise. (2016). Don't Quit on Me: What young people who left school say about the power of relationships. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-quit-me?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Don%27t%20Quit%20on%20Me%20Landing%20Page&utm_campaign=DQOM%20Blast%20Email%209/16/2015
Center for Promise. (2014). Don’t Call them dropouts; understanding the experiences of young people who leave high school before graduation. America’s Promise Alliance. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-call-them-dropouts
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., & Bridgeland, J. (2016). Annual Update 2016: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rate. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://new.every1graduates.org/2016-building-a-grad-nation-report/
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J., Atwell, M., & Ingram, E.S. (2017). Annual Update 2017: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rates. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/report/2017-building-grad-nation-report
Freeman, J., & Simonsen, B. (2015). Examining the impact of policy and practice interventions on high school dropout and school completion rates: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 85(2), 205-248. doi:10.3102/0034654314554431
Henry, K., Cavanagh, T., & Oetting, E. (2011). Perceived parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between socio-economic indicators and educational outcomes in rural America. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 40(9), 1164-1177. doi:10.1007/s10964-010-9616-4
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. 15 effective strategies for dropout prevention. Retrieved from http://dropoutprevention.org/effective-strategies/
REFT Institute, Inc. (2010). Girls' dropout prevention report. Retrieved from https://www.wfco.org/document.doc?id=69
Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. (2012). Forgotten youth: Re-engaging students through dropout recovery. Cambridge, MA: Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. Recovered from http://www.renniecenter.org/sites/default/files/2017-01/ForgottenYouth.pdf
Tice, P., Lipari, R. N. & Van Horn, S. L. (2017). Substance use among 12th grade aged youths, by dropout status. The CBHSQ Report: August 15, 2017. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3196/ShortReport-3196.html
What Works Clearinghouse. (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools: Practice guide summary. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_dp_summary_101717.pdf
Counseling and Mentoring
Attendance Works. (2015). Count us in! Working together to show that every school day matters. Retrieved from http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/Count-Us-In-toolkit-2015_Final.pdf
Dockery, D. (2012). School dropout indicators, trends, and interventions for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 10(12), 1-33. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ978868.pdf
Engelman, A. (2017). 2017 Legislative report Colorado school counselor corps grant program. CREED Connections, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/postsecondary/2017sccgannualreport
Morales, L., Jaross, M., Rimando, A., Shtivelband, A., Davlyn, A., & Vanderburg, J. (2014). Opportunity youth in Denver: Environmental scan. JVA Consulting for Rose Community Foundation. Retrieved from https://joiningvisionandaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OpportunityYouthinDenverEnvironmentalScan-March2014.pdfMorgan, L. (2014). Review of the literature in dropout prevention. Colorado Department of Education, USDE High School Graduation Initiatives Project. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cgpbestpracticeguide
REL Central. (2011). Dropout prevention and intervention strategies. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/resources
REFT Institute, Inc. (2010). Girls' dropout prevention report. Retrieved from https://www.wfco.org/document.doc?id=69
Tice, P., Lipari, R. N. & Van Horn, S. L. (2017). Substance use among 12th grade aged youths, by dropout status. The CBHSQ Report: August 15, 2017. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3196/ShortReport-3196.html
Tromski-Klingshirn, D. & Miura, Y. (2017). School counselors’ role in dropout prevention and credit recovery. Journal of School Counseling, 15(4), 1-17. Retrieved from http://jsc.montana.edu/articles/v15n4.pdf
What Works Clearinghouse. (2015). WWC intervention report: Check and connect. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/InterventionReports/wwc_checkconnect_050515.pdf
What Works Clearinghouse. (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools: Practice guide summary. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_dp_summary_101717.pdf
Wilkins, J., & Huckabee, S. (2014). A literature map of dropout prevention interventions for students with disabilities. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, Clemson University. Retrieved from http://www.ndpc-sd.org/documents/wilkins-huckabee-lit-review.pdf
Course Completion and Credit Recovery Options
Barrat, V. X., Berliner, B., & Fong, A. B. (2012). When dropping out is not a permanent high school outcome: Student characteristics, motivations, and re-enrollment challenges. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 17(4), 217-233. doi:10.1080/10824669.2012.717028
Bowers, A., Sprott, R., & Taff, S. (2013). Do we know who will drop out? A Review of the predictors of dropping out of high school: precision, sensitivity and specificity. The High School Journal, Vol. 96, Columbia University Academic Commons, Retrieved from https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac%3A163941
Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K. (2017). Promising gains, persistent gaps: Youth disconnection in America. Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/Promising%20Gains%20Final.pdf
D'Agustino, S. (2013). Providing innovative opportunities and options for credit recovery through afterschool and summer learning programs. The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project. Retrieved from http://www.expandinglearning.org/expandingminds/article/providing-innovative-opportunities-and-options-credit-recovery-through
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., & Bridgeland, J. (2016). Annual Update 2016: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rate. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://new.every1graduates.org/2016-building-a-grad-nation-report/
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J., Atwell, M., & Ingram, E.S. (2017). Annual Update 2017: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rates. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/report/2017-building-grad-nation-report
Education Commission of the States. (2011). Credit recovery and proficiency-based credit: Maintaining high expectations while providing flexibility. Retrieved from http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/94/23/9423.pdf
Mac Iver, M.A., Balfanz, R. & Byrnes, V. (2009). Advancing the "Colorado Graduates" agenda: Understanding the dropout problem and mobilizing to meet the graduation challenge. The Center for Social Organization of Schools John Hopkins University. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539116.pdf
McCabe, J. & St. Andrie, R. (2012). Credit recovery programs: Full report. The Center for Public Education. Retrieved from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Staffingstudents/Credit-recovery-programs/Credit-recovery-programs-full-report.html
Morales, L., Jaross, M., Rimando, A., Shtivelband, A., Davlyn, A., & Vanderburg, J. (2014). Opportunity youth in Denver: Environmental scan. JVA Consulting for Rose Community Foundation. Retrieved from https://joiningvisionandaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OpportunityYouthinDenverEnvironmentalScan-March2014.pdfREL Central. (2011). Dropout prevention and intervention strategies. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/resources
Reyna, R. (2011). State policies to reengage dropouts. NGA Center for Best Practices. Retrieved from https://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1107REENGAGEDROPOUTS.PDF
Tromski-Klingshirn, D. & Miura, Y. (2017). School counselors’ role in dropout prevention and credit recovery. Journal of School Counseling, 15(4), 1-17. Retrieved from http://jsc.montana.edu/articles/v15n4.pdf
Data Analysis
Attendance Works. (2015). Count us in! Working together to show that every school day matters. Retrieved from http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/Count-Us-In-toolkit-2015_Final.pdf
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement. (2017). 2015-2016 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2015-16statepolicyondpse
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement. (2011). Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/dropoutprevention/resources/2011dpseprogrampolicyreport.pdf
Colorado Department of Education. (2010). Dropout prevention and student re-engagement. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/cdeprevention/download/pdf/cdedpsepolicybriefjec2010final%20%282%29.pdf
Colorado Department of Education. (2014). Colorado Department of Education performance plan 2013–14. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/CDEPerformancePlanJan2014_0.pdf
Dockery, D. (2012). School dropout indicators, trends, and interventions for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 10(12), 1-33. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ978868.pdf
DuPont, R. L., Caldeira, K. M., DuPont, H. S., Vincent, K. B., Shea, C. L., & Arria, A. M. (2013). America’s dropout crisis: The unrecognized connection to adolescent substance use. Rockville, MD: Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.cls.umd.edu/docs/AmerDropoutCrisis.pdf
Frazelle, S. & Nagel, A. (2015). A practitioner’s guide to implementing early warning systems. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED552306.pdf
Healthy Kids Colorado. (2015). Healthy kids Colorado survey executive summary. University of Colorado Denver Community Epidemiology & Program Evaluation Group. Retrieved from https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PF_Youth_HKCS-2015-Exec-Summary.pdf
Henry, K., Cavanagh, T., & Oetting, E. (2011). Perceived parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between socio-economic indicators and educational outcomes in rural America. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 40(9), 1164-1177. doi:10.1007/s10964-010-9616-4
Kim, S., Chang, M., Singh, K., & Allen, K. R. (2015). Patterns and factors of high school dropout risks of racial and linguistic groups. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 20(4), 336-351. doi:10.1080/10824669.2015.1047019
Kena, G., Musu-Gillette, L., Robinson, J., Wang, X., Rathbun, A., Zhang, J., . . .Velez, E. (2015). The condition of education 2015 (NCES 2015-144). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015144.pdf
Mac Iver, M.A., Balfanz, R. & Byrnes, V. (2009). Advancing the "Colorado Graduates" agenda: Understanding the dropout problem and mobilizing to meet the graduation challenge. The Center for Social Organization of Schools John Hopkins University. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539116.pdf
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. (2016). Issue brief: Early warning systems. Policy and Program Studies Service. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/high-school/early-warning-systems-brief.pdf
What Works Clearinghouse. (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools: Practice guide summary. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_dp_summary_101717.pdf
Early Warning Systems
Attendance Works. (2015). Count us in! Working together to show that every school day matters. Retrieved from http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/Count-Us-In-toolkit-2015_Final.pdf
Bowers, A., Sprott, R., & Taff, S. (2013). Do we know who will drop out? A Review of the predictors of dropping out of high school: precision, sensitivity and specificity. The High School Journal, Vol. 96, Columbia University Academic Commons, Retrieved from https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac%3A163941
Bruce, M., Bridgeland, J.M., Fox, J.H., & Balfanz, R. (2011). On track for success: The use of early warning indicator and intervention systems to build a grad nation. Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED526421
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement. (2016). 2014-2015 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2015dropoutpreventionpolicyreport
Colorado Department of Education. (2010). Dropout prevention and student re-engagement. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/cdeprevention/download/pdf/cdedpsepolicybriefjec2010final%20%282%29.pdf
Colorado Department of Education. (2014). Colorado Department of Education performance plan 2013–14. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/CDEPerformancePlanJan2014_0.pdf
Corrin, W., Sepanik, S., Rosen, R. & Shane, A. (2016). Addressing early warning indicators: Interim impact findings from the Investing in Innovation (i3) evaluation of Diplomas Now. MDRC Publications. Retrieved from http://diplomasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DiplomasNow-3rd-2016.pdf
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., & Bridgeland, J. (2016). Annual Update 2016: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rate. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://new.every1graduates.org/2016-building-a-grad-nation-report/
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J., Atwell, M., & Ingram, E.S. (2017). Annual Update 2017: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rates. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/report/2017-building-grad-nation-report
Deyé, S. (2011). A path to graduation for every child: State legislative roles and responsibilities. A report of The NCSL task force on school dropout prevention and recovery. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/ncsldropouttaskforcereport.pdf
DuPont, R. L., Caldeira, K. M., DuPont, H. S., Vincent, K. B., Shea, C. L., & Arria, A. M. (2013). America’s dropout crisis: The unrecognized connection to adolescent substance use. Rockville, MD: Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.cls.umd.edu/docs/AmerDropoutCrisis.pdf
Faria, A., Sorensen, N., Heppen, J., Bowdon, J., Taylor, S., Eisner, R., & Foster, S. (2017). Getting students on track for graduation: Impacts of the Early Warning Intervention and Monitoring System after one year. Regional Educational Laboratory Program. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=388
Frazelle, S. & Nagel, A. (2015). A practitioner’s guide to implementing early warning systems. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED552306.pdf
Freeman, J., & Simonsen, B. (2015). Examining the impact of policy and practice interventions on high school dropout and school completion rates: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 85(2), 205-248. doi:10.3102/0034654314554431
Henry, K., Knight, K., & Thornberry, T. (2012). School disengagement as a predictor of dropout, delinquency, and problem substance use during adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 41(2), 156-166. doi:10.1007/s10964-011-9665-3
Kim, S., Chang, M., Singh, K., & Allen, K. R. (2015). Patterns and factors of high school dropout risks of racial and linguistic groups. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 20(4), 336-351. doi:10.1080/10824669.2015.1047019
Mac Iver, M.A., Balfanz, R. & Byrnes, V. (2009). Advancing the "Colorado Graduates" agenda: Understanding the dropout problem and mobilizing to meet the graduation challenge. The Center for Social Organization of Schools John Hopkins University. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539116.pdf
Morales, L., Jaross, M., Rimando, A., Shtivelband, A., Davlyn, A., & Vanderburg, J. (2014). Opportunity youth in Denver: Environmental scan. JVA Consulting for Rose Community Foundation. Retrieved from https://joiningvisionandaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OpportunityYouthinDenverEnvironmentalScan-March2014.pdf
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. 15 effective strategies for dropout prevention. Retrieved from http://dropoutprevention.org/effective-strategies/
National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research. (2011). National high school center early warning system tool v2.0 technical manual. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED521687.pdf
O'Cummings, M. & Therriault, S. (2015). From accountability to prevention: Early warning systems put data to work for struggling students. Early Warning Systems in Education, American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from http://www.earlywarningsystems.org/tools-supports/
REL Central. (2011). Dropout prevention and intervention strategies. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/resources
REFT Institute, Inc. (2010). Girls' dropout prevention report. Retrieved from https://www.wfco.org/document.doc?id=69
Roderick, M., Kelley-Kemple, T., Johnson, D., & Beechum, N. (2014). Preventable failure: Improvements in long-term outcomes when high schools focused on the ninth-grade year. University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research. Retrieved from https://consortium.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/On-Track%20Validation%20RS.pdf
Rumberger, R., Addis, H., Allensworth, E., Balfanz, R., et al (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools. Washington D.C.: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/wwc_dropout_092617.pdf
Rumberger, R. (2011). Dropping out: Why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved from http://mina.education.ucsb.edu/rumberger/book/ch1.pdf
Therriault, S. B., Heppen, J., O'Cummings, M., Fryer, L., & Johnson, A. (2010). Early warning system implementation guide. National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED521686.pdf
Tromski-Klingshirn, D. & Miura, Y. (2017). School counselors’ role in dropout prevention and credit recovery. Journal of School Counseling, 15(4), 1-17. Retrieved from http://jsc.montana.edu/articles/v15n4.pdf
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. (2016). Issue brief: Early warning systems. Policy and Program Studies Service. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/high-school/early-warning-systems-brief.pdf
What Works Clearinghouse. (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools: Practice guide summary. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_dp_summary_101717.pdf
Family Partnerships
Attendance Works. (2015). Count us in! Working together to show that every school day matters. Retrieved from http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/Count-Us-In-toolkit-2015_Final.pdf
DuPont, R. L., Caldeira, K. M., DuPont, H. S., Vincent, K. B., Shea, C. L., & Arria, A. M. (2013). America’s dropout crisis: The unrecognized connection to adolescent substance use. Rockville, MD: Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.cls.umd.edu/docs/AmerDropoutCrisis.pdf
Frazelle, S. & Nagel, A. (2015). A practitioner’s guide to implementing early warning systems. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED552306.pdf
Freeman, J., & Simonsen, B. (2015). Examining the impact of policy and practice interventions on high school dropout and school completion rates: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 85(2), 205-248. doi:10.3102/0034654314554431
Henry, K., Cavanagh, T., & Oetting, E. (2011). Perceived parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between socio-economic indicators and educational outcomes in rural America. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 40(9), 1164-1177. doi:10.1007/s10964-010-9616-4
Morgan, L. (2014). Review of the literature in dropout prevention. Colorado Department of Education, USDE High School Graduation Initiatives Project. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cgpbestpracticeguide
REFT Institute, Inc. (2010). Girls' dropout prevention report. Retrieved from https://www.wfco.org/document.doc?id=69
Tice, P., Lipari, R. N. & Van Horn, S. L. (2017). Substance use among 12th grade aged youths, by dropout status. The CBHSQ Report: August 15, 2017. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3196/ShortReport-3196.html
Multiple Pathways to Graduation
Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K. (2017). Promising gains, persistent gaps: Youth disconnection in America. Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/Promising%20Gains%20Final.pdf
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement. (2011). Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/dropoutprevention/resources/2011dpseprogrampolicyreport.pdf
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., & Bridgeland, J. (2016). Annual Update 2016: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rate. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://new.every1graduates.org/2016-building-a-grad-nation-report/
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J., Atwell, M., & Ingram, E.S. (2017). Annual Update 2017: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rates. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/report/2017-building-grad-nation-report
Deyé, S. (2011). A path to graduation for every child: State legislative roles and responsibilities. A report of The NCSL task force on school dropout prevention and recovery. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/ncsldropouttaskforcereport.pdf
Morales, L., Jaross, M., Rimando, A., Shtivelband, A., Davlyn, A., & Vanderburg, J. (2014). Opportunity youth in Denver: Environmental scan. JVA Consulting for Rose Community Foundation. Retrieved from https://joiningvisionandaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OpportunityYouthinDenverEnvironmentalScan-March2014.pdf
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. 15 effective strategies for dropout prevention. Retrieved from http://dropoutprevention.org/effective-strategies/
Rumberger, R., Addis, H., Allensworth, E., Balfanz, R., et al, (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools. Washington D.C.: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/wwc_dropout_092617.pdf
Rumberger, R. (2011). Dropping out: Why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved from http://mina.education.ucsb.edu/rumberger/book/ch1.pdf
Wilkins, J., & Huckabee, S. (2014). A literature map of dropout prevention interventions for students with disabilities. Clemson, SC: National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, Clemson University. Retrieved from http://www.ndpc-sd.org/documents/wilkins-huckabee-lit-review.pdf
Outreach to Out-of-School Youth
Barrat, V. X., Berliner, B., & Fong, A. B. (2012). When dropping out is not a permanent high school outcome: Student characteristics, motivations, and re-enrollment challenges. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 17(4), 217-233. doi:10.1080/10824669.2012.717028
Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K. (2017). Promising gains, persistent gaps: Youth disconnection in America. Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/Promising%20Gains%20Final.pdf
Donnell-Kay Foundation. (2012). Alternative education in Colorado: Recommendations for improving state outcomes for opportunity youth. Retrieved from http://dkfoundation.org/assets/files/2012-Alternative-Education-in-Colorado.pdf
Donnell-Kay Foundation & Colorado Children's Campaign. (2010). Answering the call: A report on Colorado's high school dropouts and best practices for improving educational outcomes. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED538786.pdf
Kena, G., Musu-Gillette, L., Robinson, J., Wang, X., Rathbun, A., Zhang, J., . . .Velez, E. (2015). The condition of education 2015 (NCES 2015-144). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015144.pdf
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. 15 effective strategies for dropout prevention. Retrieved from http://dropoutprevention.org/effective-strategies/
Policy and Practices Review
Almeida, C., Steinberg, A., Santos, J., & Le, C. (2010). Six pillars of effective dropout prevention and recovery: An assessment of current state policy and how to improve it. Jobs for Future. Retrieved from http://www.jff.org/publications/six-pillars-effective-dropout-prevention-and-recovery-assessment-current-state-policy
Barrat, V. X., Berliner, B., & Fong, A. B. (2012). When dropping out is not a permanent high school outcome: Student characteristics, motivations, and re-enrollment challenges. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 17(4), 217-233. doi:10.1080/10824669.2012.717028
Bowers, A., Sprott, R., & Taff, S. (2013). Do we know who will drop out? A Review of the predictors of dropping out of high school: precision, sensitivity and specificity. The High School Journal, Vol. 96, Columbia University Academic Commons, Retrieved from https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/catalog/ac%3A163941
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement. (2017). 2015-2016 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2015-16statepolicyondpse
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement. (2016). 2014-2015 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2015dropoutpreventionpolicyreport
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Engagement. (2011). Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/dropoutprevention/resources/2011dpseprogrampolicyreport.pdf
Center for Promise. (2016). Don't Quit on Me: What young people who left school say about the power of relationships. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-quit-me?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Don%27t%20Quit%20on%20Me%20Landing%20Page&utm_campaign=DQOM%20Blast%20Email%209/16/2015
Center for Promise. (2014). Don’t call them dropouts: Understanding the experiences of young people who leave high school before graduation. America’s Promise Alliance. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-call-them-dropouts
Colorado Department of Education. (2010). Dropout prevention and student re-engagement. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/cdeprevention/download/pdf/cdedpsepolicybriefjec2010final%20%282%29.pdf
Colorado Department of Education. (2014). Colorado Department of Education performance plan 2013–14. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/CDEPerformancePlanJan2014_0.pdf
Darling-Hammond, L., Bae, S., Cook-Harvey, C., Lam, L., et al. (2016). Pathways to new accountability through the Every Student Succeeds Act. Learning Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/product-files/Pathways_New-Accountability_Through_Every_Student_Succeeds_Act_04202016.pdf
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., & Bridgeland, J. (2016). Annual Update 2016: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rate. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://new.every1graduates.org/2016-building-a-grad-nation-report/
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J., Atwell, M., & Ingram, E.S. (2017). Annual Update 2017: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rates. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/report/2017-building-grad-nation-report
Deyé, S. (2011). A path to graduation for every child: State legislative roles and responsibilities. A report of The NCSL task force on school dropout prevention and recovery. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/ncsldropouttaskforcereport.pdf
Dockery, D. (2012). School dropout indicators, trends, and interventions for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling, 10(12), 1-33. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ978868.pdf
DuPont, R. L., Caldeira, K. M., DuPont, H. S., Vincent, K. B., Shea, C. L., & Arria, A. M. (2013). America’s dropout crisis: The unrecognized connection to adolescent substance use. Rockville, MD: Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.cls.umd.edu/docs/AmerDropoutCrisis.pdf
Every Student Succeeds Act. (2016). Every student succeeds act primer: High school dropout prevention and reengagement of out-of-school youth. Retrieved from https://www.all4ed.org/reports-factsheets/every-student-succeeds-act-primer-high-school-dropout-prevention-and-reengagement-of-out-of-school-youth/
Frazelle, S. & Nagel, A. (2015). A practitioner’s guide to implementing early warning systems. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED552306.pdf
Freeman, J., & Simonsen, B. (2015). Examining the impact of policy and practice interventions on high school dropout and school completion rates: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 85(2), 205-248. doi:10.3102/0034654314554431
Mac Iver, M.A., Balfanz, R. & Byrnes, V. (2009). Advancing the "Colorado Graduates" agenda: Understanding the dropout problem and mobilizing to meet the graduation challenge. The Center for Social Organization of Schools John Hopkins University. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539116.pdf
Martinez, J., Fritz, P., & Krueger, J. (2013). 2011-2012 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/dropoutprevention/download/pdf/2012_dpse_legislative_reportv3.pdf
Martinez, J., Fritz, P., & Rosa, J. (2014). 2012-2013 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2013_dpse_report_to_the_legislature
Moore, K.A. (2014). Making the grade: Assessing the evidence for integrated student supports. Child Trends. Retrieved from https://childtrends-ciw49tixgw5lbab.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-07ISSPaper2.pdf
Reyna, R. (2011). State policies to reengage dropouts. NGA Center for Best Practices. Retrieved from https://www.nga.org/files/live/sites/NGA/files/pdf/1107REENGAGEDROPOUTS.PDF
Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth
Barrat, V. X., Berliner, B., & Fong, A. B. (2012). When dropping out is not a permanent high school outcome: Student characteristics, motivations, and re-enrollment challenges. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 17(4), 217-233. doi:10.1080/10824669.2012.717028
Burd-Sharps, S., & Lewis, K. (2017). Promising gains, persistent gaps: Youth disconnection in America. Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council. Retrieved from https://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/moa/Promising%20Gains%20Final.pdf
CDE Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement. (2017). 2015-2016 State policy report: Dropout prevention and student engagement. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/2015-16statepolicyondpse
Center for Promise. (2016). Don't quit on me: What young people who left school say about the power of relationships. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-quit-me?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Don%27t%20Quit%20on%20Me%20Landing%20Page&utm_campaign=DQOM%20Blast%20Email%209/16/2015
Darling-Hammond, L., Bae, S., Cook-Harvey, C., Lam, L., et al. (2016). Pathways to new accountability through the Every Student Succeeds Act. Learning Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/product-files/Pathways_New-Accountability_Through_Every_Student_Succeeds_Act_04202016.pdf
Deyé, S. (2011). A path to graduation for every child: State legislative roles and responsibilities. A report of The NCSL task force on school dropout prevention and recovery. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/ncsldropouttaskforcereport.pdf
Donnell-Kay Foundation. (2012). Alternative education in Colorado: Recommendations for improving state outcomes for opportunity youth. Retrieved from http://dkfoundation.org/assets/files/2012-Alternative-Education-in-Colorado.pdf
Donnell-Kay Foundation & Colorado Children's Campaign. (2010). Answering the call: A report on Colorado's high school dropouts and best practices for improving educational outcomes. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED538786.pdf
Henry, K., Knight, K., & Thornberry, T. (2012). School disengagement as a predictor of dropout, delinquency, and problem substance use during adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 41(2), 156-166. doi:10.1007/s10964-011-9665-3
Mac Iver, M., & Wang, A. (2011). Reengaging dropouts in Colorado. Baltimore, Maryland: The Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/reengagementreport
Morales, L., Jaross, M., Rimando, A., Shtivelband, A., Davlyn, A., & Vanderburg, J. (2014). Opportunity youth in Denver: Environmental scan. JVA Consulting for Rose Community Foundation. Retrieved from https://joiningvisionandaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OpportunityYouthinDenverEnvironmentalScan-March2014.pdf
REL Central. (2011). Dropout prevention and intervention strategies. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.state.co.us/dropoutprevention/resources
REFT Institute, Inc. (2010). Girls' dropout prevention report. Retrieved from https://www.wfco.org/document.doc?id=69
Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. (2012). Forgotten youth: Re-engaging students through dropout recovery. Cambridge, MA: Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy. Recovered from http://www.renniecenter.org/sites/default/files/2017-01/ForgottenYouth.pdf
Rennie-Hill, L., Villano, J., Feist, M., Legters, N., Thomases, J., & Williams, P. (2014). Bringing students back to the center: A resource guide for implementing and enhancing re-engagement centers for out-of-school youth. Youth for a Change. Retrieved from http://youthforachange.org/services/colorado-reengagement-network/resources/student-reengagement-resources.html
Rumberger, R., Addis, H., Allensworth, E., Balfanz, R., et al (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools. Washington D.C.: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/wwc_dropout_092617.pdf
Rumberger, R. (2011). Dropping out: Why students drop out of high school and what can be done about it. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved from http://mina.education.ucsb.edu/rumberger/book/ch1.pdf
School Climate
Attendance Works. (2015). Count us in! Working together to show that every school day matters. Retrieved from http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/Count-Us-In-toolkit-2015_Final.pdf
Barrat, V. X., Berliner, B., & Fong, A. B. (2012). When dropping out is not a permanent high school outcome: Student characteristics, motivations, and re-enrollment challenges. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 17(4), 217-233. doi:10.1080/10824669.2012.717028
Center for Promise. (2016). Don't quit on me: What young people who left school say about the power of relationships. Retrieved from http://www.americaspromise.org/report/dont-quit-me?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Don%27t%20Quit%20on%20Me%20Landing%20Page&utm_campaign=DQOM%20Blast%20Email%209/16/2015
Corrin, W., Sepanik, S., Rosen, R. & Shane, A. (2016). Addressing early warning indicators: Interim impact findings from the Investing in Innovation (i3) evaluation of Diplomas Now. MDRC Publications. Retrieved from http://diplomasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DiplomasNow-3rd-2016.pdf
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., & Bridgeland, J. (2016). Annual Update 2016: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rate. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://new.every1graduates.org/2016-building-a-grad-nation-report/
DePaoli, J. L., Balfanz, R., Bridgeland, J., Atwell, M., & Ingram, E.S. (2017). Annual Update 2017: Building a grad nation: progress and challenge in raising high school graduation rates. Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from http://gradnation.americaspromise.org/report/2017-building-grad-nation-report
Deyé, S. (2011). A path to graduation for every child: State legislative roles and responsibilities. A report of The NCSL task force on school dropout prevention and recovery. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/ncsldropouttaskforcereport.pdf
Freeman, J., & Simonsen, B. (2015). Examining the impact of policy and practice interventions on high school dropout and school completion rates: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 85(2), 205-248. doi:10.3102/0034654314554431
Mac Iver, M. A., Balfanz, R. & Byrnes, V. (2009). Advancing the "Colorado Graduates" agenda: Understanding the dropout problem and mobilizing to meet the graduation challenge. The Center for Social Organization of Schools John Hopkins University. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED539116.pdf
Moore, K. A. (2014). Making the grade: Assessing the evidence for integrated student supports. Child Trends. Retrieved from https://childtrends-ciw49tixgw5lbab.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-07ISSPaper2.pdf
Morgan, L. (2014). Review of the literature in dropout prevention. Colorado Department of Education, USDE High School Graduation Initiatives Project. Retrieved from https://www.cde.state.co.us/cgpbestpracticeguide
National Center for Education Statistics. (2015). ED School climate surveys (EDSCLS), National benchmark study. Retrieved from https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/sites/default/files/Appendix_D_2015_EDSCLS_Pilot_Test_Report%20%281%29.pdf
What Works Clearinghouse. (2017). Preventing dropout in secondary schools: Practice guide summary. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_dp_summary_101717.pdf
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