This website provides a variety of supports to schools and
districts to identify students who may be off-track for postsecondary readiness, promotion, and/or on-time graduation and provide interventions to
support students until they earn a diploma. KDE's Persistence to Graduation team provides technical assistance and professional learning grounded in evidence, mindful communication, and inclusivity for school communities as they build healthy climate and cultures that support equity for all students as they persist towards academic and social success.
Early Warning Tool
Early Warning is a data mining tool available in Infinite Campus (IC) that uses student level data to enable district and school personnel to better understand what is contributing to each student’s risk of dropping out, and most importantly, what areas of intervention might yield the greatest impact on their journey towards graduation.
This tool uses statistical modeling to measure a student’s dropout risk based on students who previously dropped out from the same school. Every student is assigned a GRAD (Graduation-Related Analytic Data) Score based on a multitude of changing data points such as attendance, behavior, grades, enrollment history, demographics, test scores, grades, guardian involvement, household demographics, school type, and more. A visual dashboard allows users to view the entire school and view each individual student score in relation to other students in the school. Within the Early Warning tool, users can filter, utilize ad-hoc groups, and create a watch list of students. Analysis can be generated anytime and by multiple users.
Insights
Insights is a data visualization dashboard available in IC that provides views of student assessments, attendance, behavior, classroom performance, and stability. The views can be filtered by student groups and drilling down to student level details.
Chronic Absenteeism
Understanding what the barriers are to student attendance and implementing strategies to address absenteeism. Visit KDE's Attendance Matters! website for additional information and resources.
Dropout Prevention and Reengagement Resources
Dropout Prevention Needs Assessment Checklist is a checklist to help districts and schools self-assess their current strengths and areas for growth to effectively prevent student dropouts.
Futuriti How Kentuckians Find their Future is a website that can help students find career paths that match their interests and skills.
Connect with the National League of Cities Reconnecting Opportunities Youth and Young Adults website to access the latest news, resources and research for supporting and leading student reengagement efforts.
Supporting Transient Student Credit Accumulation
Don't Quit on Me YouTube Video
National Dropout Prevention Center Effective Strategies for Dropout Prevention
KDE Websites Related to Graduation
Request for Assistance and/or Training
Schools and districts seeking assistance from the Division of Student Success can complete the Request for Assistance and/or Training form. A program consultant will respond in a timely fashion when the request has been submitted.