Office of Dropout Prevention and Reduction Online Library
For most current truancy, Impact, and dropout prevention documents, visit our internal online library at: http://aisdweb

Intervention Central website
http://www.interventioncentral.org
Newly posted academic and behavioral intervention strategies, publications on effective teaching practices, and tools for streamlining classroom assessment and intervention.

Texas Education Agency- Dropout Prevention
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/dpchse/

In addition, the Texas Education Agency Division of Accountability Research has published a new report called: Secondary School Completion & Dropouts in Texas Public Schools, 2005-06. The report is available electronically on the TEA website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/research/.

Webinars

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
The NDPC/N hosts a regular series of radio webcasts entitled Solutions to the Dropout Crisis. Each episode addresses a different topic and features expert guests and hosts. All episodes are archived and available at the NDPC/N website. The program is a free public service of Clemson University. There is no fee, and no registration is required. You may listen to the program and view the supplementary materials using only your computer. You may also call in and participate during the live broadcasts.

Visit http://www.dropoutprevention.org/ndpcdefault.htm for details and to access archives.

Archive Topics
Strategic Planning to Improve the Graduation Rate
Engaging Families in the Pathway to College
Improving Graduation Rates through Virtual Schooling
Dropout Prevention in the Digital Society
The Role of the Principal in Dropout Prevention
Policies and Practices Related to Student Failure and Dropping out:
Tools and Resources and many more...

The NDP/C website also hosts a new Model Programs Database that provides a wealth of information about model dropout prevention programs and strategies. Visit http://www.dropoutprevention.org/model_programs/ to access the database.

The TEA study Best Practices in Dropout Prevention is currently available on the State Initiatives dropout prevention page of the TEA website at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index3.aspx?id=3676. The study identifies effective and promising practices in dropout prevention, exemplary programs in Texas and nationwide, and provides specific recommendations. State legislators are using the document to inform their work on this issue, and we may see bills that incorporate some of the recommendations made in the study.

The TEA has released a Dropout Recovery Resource Guide, currently available in the Resources section of the State Initiatives dropout prevention page of the TEA website at: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ed_init/PDF/dropout_recovery_resource_guide.pdf. The Resource Guide reviews promising practices and strategies in dropout recovery programs in Texas, provides a review of current research, and provides guidance on establishing and managing effective programs.

The Silent Epidemic
http://www.silentepidemic.org/

National Center for School Engagement
http://truancyprevention.org/

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/programs/dropout/

What Works Clearinghouse
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/dropout/

Online Resources - For Students