Early Warning System
and
ABCs of DROPOUT PREVENTION
PRESENTED BY:
Sara Harper, WVEIS Coordinator, WVDE
Rebecca Derenge, Attendance Coordinator, WVDE
Jack Wiseman, WVPASS Coordinator, Dept. of Education and the Arts
Agenda
• Statistics
• Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• ABC Framework
• Early Warning Tool-WOW
• Graduation Cohort
What?
Year
Graduation Rate
2008-09
70.8%
2009-10
75.5%
2010-11
76.5%
2011-12
77.9%
2012-2013
79.3%
West Virginia Department of Education
What?
Year
Dropout Rate
2008-09
2.8% (3,527)
2009-10
2.7% (3,353)
2010-11
2.2% (2,729)
2011-12
1.7% (2,114)
2012-13
1.5% (1,877)
West Virginia Department of Education
So, What?
Projected continued dropouts
 At this rate, next ten years over 35,000 will drop
out of WV schools.
Cost (nationally)
 Each class of dropouts cost $55 million in
healthcare.
 80% of dropouts end up in prison
 12 millions students who will drop out over the
next decade will cost the nation $3 trillion
dollars.
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
WVDE partnered with the Supreme Court of Appeals and
Judicial Systems to create Community Awareness and Action
on truancy and dropout prevention.
• School-based probation officers serve in eight counties:
Cabell, Logan, Mercer, Greenbrier, Monongalia, Wayne,
Boone and Putnam.
• Juvenile Drug Courts are operating in Boone/Lincoln,
Brooke/Hancock, Cabell, Greenbrier/Pocahontas, Harrison,
Jefferson, Kanawha, Logan, Mercer, Monongalia, Putnam,
Randolph, Wayne, Wood and McDowell counties.
Dropout Prevention
Initiatives
• Alternative education programs enrolled 3,558
students during the 2012-13 school year. The
4-Year graduation average for alternative
education students is 72.7%
Dropout Prevention
Initiatives
• A total of $2.5 million dollars in Dropout Innovation
Zone Grants was appropriated by the WV Legislature
• WVDE partnered with several advocacy organizations:
– Education Alliance Frontline Network – Communities
Unite for High School Success and Dropout Prevention in
West Virginia
– Legal Aid of West Virginia through “Youth M.O.V.E. West
Virginia”
– Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) to co-host
Student Success Summit July 30-31, 2014
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• West Virginia Department of Education Virtual
School currently offers 43 credit recovery
courses.
– West Virginia students registered for 2246 credit
recovery courses during the 2013-2014 school
year.
• Twenty-five counties registered students for
credit recovery courses during the 2013-2014
school year
Dropout Initiatives
• Mountaineer Challenge Academy - offering
struggling students an alternative way to
receive a West Virginia Diploma.
• Mountaineer Challenge Academy graduated
124 students in Dec.,2013 with a West
Virginia High School Diploma through the
Option Pathway.
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
In 2012-2013, 10,339 students graduated
with EDGE (Earn a Degree-Graduate Early)
credits, and 193 students applied for EDGE
credits at a West Virginia community and
technical college
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
Career Technical Education Opportunities
• expanded High Schools that Work to 25 sites
• expanded Technical Center that Work from 7
to 14 sites
• expanded Advanced Career Programs from 3
to 12 high schools
• Implementation for 2013-2014 school year of
44 Simulated Workplace pilot sites
Dropout Prevention Initiative
• a review by Attendance Directors and
significance to drop-out prevention of the
West Virginia Board of Education’s Drivers’
License Certification Policy 4150 that
includes requirements for attendance,
behavior and course performance in order
for students to receive their drivers’
permits
Dropout Prevention Initiative
The Option Pathway by which a student receives
both a High School Diploma and a State
Equivalency Diploma (formally GED)
• The Option Pathway is a blend of Career
Technical Education (CTE) and the state
approved high school equivalency assessment
(HSEA).
• Over 1124 students were enrolled in the Option
Pathway during the 2013-2014 school year, with
over 553 Option Pathway seniors earning high
school diplomas. 125 students received a high
school equivalency diploma before leaving high
school.
Option Pathway
• Only students who receive the State of West
Virginia High School Equivalency Diploma
under Option Pathway I and II will graduate
with a regular high school diploma and will
therefore be counted as graduates.
ABC Framework
Attendance
Behavior
Course Performance
Attendance
 Relates to disengagement
 Kindergartener’s missing 30 or more days of school
 Need to create a culture of attendance
 This is a life and job readiness skill
 Legal consequences after 5 unexcused absences
 Many contributing factors : substance abuse,
family problems, depression, pregnancy, boredom,
social anxiety,
Behavior
 Can be a barrier to learning
 All behavior is purposeful (family problems, substance
abuse, learning problems, boredom, child abuse etc.)
 Need to learn the purpose of the behavior to change it
 The more time out of class the more they fall behind
Course Performance
•
•
•
•
Progression of learning
On track or Off track to graduate
Acquiring basic skills to build upon
Basic Math and Literacy Skills are required to pass a
GED test
• Some need additional help
• Some need a different level
• Some need a different teacher
Defaults for Early Warning System
A – Attendance
B – Behavior
C – Course Performance
• Attendance – 10% days absent. This includes excused and
unexcused absences.
– The option will be given to break the absences down by
unexcused and excused
– The option will be given to change the percentage to number of
days absent
• Behavior – 2 or more suspensions that are level 2 or above
– The option will be given to designate the level of the behavior
and number of occurrences
• Course Performance – Failure of Math and English in a
marking period
– The option will be given to also look at Science and Social
Studies
Defaults for Early Warning System
• Behavior – 2 or more suspensions that are
level 2 or above
– The option will be given to designate the level of
the behavior and number of occurrences
• Course Performance – Failure of Math and
English in a marking period
– The option will be given to also look at Science
and Social Studies
Early Warning System
• the Early Warning System is available to all
counties and is a web-based tool to help
educators identify at-risk students grades 6-12
from research-based indicators (attendance,
behavior and course performance)
Example Login screen for WOW
WOW menu
Tab added to WOW
Early Warning System color coding:
Red = student has all 3 ABCs (attendance,
behavior, and course code failures)
Orange – Student has 2 ABC’s
Yellow – Student has 1 ABC
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Graduation Cohort
• a continuing discussion of the study being
conducted on the graduation cohort as part of
the High School Graduation Improvement Act
signed into law under HB 4593 beginning with
the 2011-12 freshman cohort and raising the
dropout age from 16 to 17
New Cohort Document can be found at:
http://wveis.k12.wv.us/wvies2004/documents/WV%20Adjuted%
20Cohort%20Guidance_091913.pdf
COHORT
201011
2011- 201212
13
Total # of 16 year olds who dropped out
*694
*359
*86
Total # of 9th Graders who were 16 years
old who dropped out
*344
*125
*25
Total # of 16 year olds included in the 9th
grade cohort to be impacted by raising
the compulsory school age to 17
*These figures are calculated using students’ birthdates
*1231 *1165
4-Year Adjusted Cohort Rate
5-Year Adjusted Cohort Rate
ESEA Graduation Targets
Used Beginning in the 2012-2013
Accountability Year
4-Year Cohort
5-Year Cohort
85.0%
87.5%
Calculation based on
improvement p. 14
Contact Information
Sara Harper
304.558.8869
Sara.harper@access.k12.wv.us
Rebecca Derenge
304.558.7805
rderenge@access.k12.wv.us
Jack Wiseman
304.558.2440
jack.d.wiseman@wv.gov