Dropout Prevention and Reporting

Accountability

News

Regional ESD Support (PDF)

Home > Reports > Accountability > Enrollment, Graduates and Dropouts > Dropout Rates in Oregon High Schools > Dropout Prevention and Reporting

This page contains links to online resources to help you develop dropout prevention and recovery programs at your school.

Our goal is to help you find a way for every student to get a quality education and earn a high school diploma.

Dropout Rates in Oregon High Schools
This report presents dropout rates for students who dropped out of grades 9-12 between July 1 and June 30 by school and district, along with rates for student subgroups.

Report Card - OAR 581-022-1060
This rule, adopted by the State Board of Education in 1999, describes report card requirements. (Scroll down to section 1060.)

NATIONAL RESOURCES

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
information on professional development opportunities, effective strategies, model programs, and resource materials.
National Council of La Raza
building community-school education collaboratives, to strengthen the quality of education for Hispanic students, and to more effectively involve Hispanic families in the education of their children.
The Education Trust
The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students, forever closing the achievement gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from other youth.
UCLA School Mental Health Project
“Our group at UCLA approaches mental health concerns from the broad perspective of addressing barriers to learning and promoting healthy development." [E-News is a monthly e-mail newsletter you may subscribe to.]

LOCAL RESOURCES

Service Learning
Service-learning is defined as a way to involve young people in learning through participation in thoughtfully organized community service that meets real community needs.
Helping Hispanic/Latino Youth Succeed in School
A presentation made at the 2002 COSA conference by the Hood River school district in June 2002. (Hood River School District)
Home-and-School Consultants in Hillsboro
an article from Education Week about how the district developed a community resource to help migrant families and engage their children in public schooling.
Report of the Interagency Taskforce on Dropout Prevention And Recovery 09/04/2002 (127.21 KB)
A report outlining services that can be obtained from state agencies. (Oregon Department of Education)
Student Voices: Why School Works for Alternative High School Students 01/16/2003 (23.90 KB)
Personal, Academic, and School Issues

RESEARCH

Together is Better: Building Strong Partnerships Between Schools and Hispanic Parents
There is considerable evidence that parent involvement leads to improved student achievement.
Hispanic Dropout Project
the Hispanic Dropout Project's mission is to shed light on this national crisis.
How Can We Help? Understanding Dropout Prevention Programs
A review of federal dropout prevention programs. Some programs were effective, but there was great diversity in programs and outcomes.
Transforming Education for Hispanic Youth
The authors illustrate the educational crisis facing our nation's Hispanic youth and propose persuasive solutions solidly grounded in the work of the Hispanic Dropout Project.
School Dropouts - GAO
Paper on dropout rates from 1990-2000 (U.S. General Accounting Office)
Yes, We Can: Latinas in School
This report looks at Latinas and how their futures are influenced by their families, culture, peers, teachers, and the media. (American Association of Universty Women)
A Review of Literature on Hispanic/Latino Parent Involvement in K-12 Education
Reducing the Dropout Rate
Overview of literature on dropout prevention. (Northwest Regional Education Laboratory.)
Dropout Rates in the United States
National dropout rates and high school completion rates. (National Center for Education Statistics)
School Dropouts - CRP
Research that relates to dropout trends and remedies for improving graduation rates (The Civil Rights Project at UCLA)
Creating A Formula for Success
Why English Language Learner students are dropping out, and how to increase graduation rates. (Advocates for Children of New York and The New York Immigration Coalition)
Information and Research on Dropout Prevention Strategies
(US Dept of ED)
How Can We Help?
Lessons From Federal Dropout Prevention Programs - Executive Summary
How Can We Help? What We Have Learned
What We Have Learned From Evaluations of Federal Dropout-Prevention Programs
Losing Our Future: How Minority Youth are Being Left Behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis
Crisis Civil Rights Project at Harvard University
Locating the Dropout Crisis
Johns Hopkins University (June 2004) Which High Schools Produce the Nation's Dropouts? Where are They Located? Who Attends Them?

REPORTING DROPOUTS IN OREGON

The Oregon Dropout Reporting Manual (updated 8/2009) 08/14/2009 (166.53 KB)
Guide for identifying and reporting dropouts on Oregon’s Early Leavers report
National Public School Locator
for finding any school or district in the United States, and for tracking students that move out of state.