diplomas now benefits students, their schools and communities

Diplomas Now benefits students, their schools and communities

Tripling Graduation Rates by Focusing on the ABCs

The chances of sixth to ninth graders graduating from high school triple if we eliminate their early warning signs of poor attendance, poor behavior and course failure.

Diplomas Now focuses on the critical transition time of 6th to 9th grade. Research shows if we can get students safely to 10th grade, their likelihood of graduating increases from about 25 percent to 75 percent.

Diplomas Now ResultsThe following slides show progress over the 2010-2011 school year and over the fall 2011 semester at Diplomas Now partner schools.

The bars show the decline in students identified at the start of the school year for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure.

Key finding: Schools using the full Diplomas Now model achieved better results after just one semester as schools using a partial model did after an entire school year.

Middle Schools:• Broadmoor Middle School, East Baton Rouge• Capitol Middle School, East Baton Rouge• Charles R. Drew Middle School, Miami• Dever-McCormack Middle School, Boston• Miami Edison Middle School, Miami• Shaw Middle School, Washington, DC• William Jefferson Clinton Middle School, Los Angeles

High Schools:• Belaire High School, East Baton Rouge• Booker T. Washington High School, Miami• English High School, Boston• Newtown High School, New York City• Sheepshead Bay High School, New York City

Diplomas Now Schools Using Full Model

Middle Schools:Aki Kurose Middle School Academy, SeattleBrowne Education Campus, Washington, DCDavid T. Denny International Middle School, SeattleHollenbeck Middle School, Los Angeles John H. Liechty Middle School, Los Angeles

High Schools:Detroit Collegiate Prep, Detroit Jeremiah E. Burke High School, BostonMiami Jackson Senior High School, MiamiSarah T. Reed High School, New Orleans

Diplomas Now Schools Using Partial Model

Absenteeism Poor Behavior English Failure Math Failure0

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507

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369

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181

Progress of students flagged for course failure, ab-senteeism, and poor behavior over fall 2011 se-

mester

Start of school year End of first semester

Overall Fall 2011 Results After Just One Semester of the Full Diplomas Now Model

*Data from 7 middle and 5 high schools partnering with Diplomas Now. These are “Cohort 1” schools implementing the full Diplomas Now model and participating in the

randomized , controlled study required by the federal i3 grant.

36% decrease

47% decrease

51% decrease 60%

decrease

Overall Results After an Entire School Year Using Only the Partial Diplomas Now Model

Absenteeism Poor behavior English failure Math failure0

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254288

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Progress of students flagged for course failure, ab-senteeism, and poor behavior over the 2010-2011

school year

Start of school year End of school year

58% de-

crease

53% de-

crease

30% de-

crease

22% de-

crease

*Data from 5 middle schools and 3 high schools partnering with Diplomas Now. These are “legacy” schools implementing a less comprehensive version of the full Diplomas

Now model.

Comparison of summary data

GroupDecrease

in Absenteei

sm

Decrease in

Behavior

Incidents

Decrease in

Course Failure

in English

Decrease in

Course Failure in Math

Overall Decrease

in Warning

Signs

After one semester with full

DN model36% 47% 51% 60% 49%

After one year with partial DN

model30% 22% 58% 53% 41%

Diplomas Now achieving great early results!

After just one semester, the full Diplomas Now model with teacher teams, small learning communities, coaching and curriculum and extra student support achieves better results than the partial model with just extra student support did after an entire school year.

Decreasing early-warning indicators increases likelihood of graduation in four years.

We are positioned to achieve the 66% decline in early warning indicators and 80% graduation rate projected in the four-year study.

Specific results for schools using the partial Diplomas Now model The following slides show progress over the 2010-2011 school year and over the fall 2011 semester at “legacy” schools, implementing a less comprehensive version of the Diplomas Now model.

The bars show the decline in students identified at the beginning of each school year for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure.

Aki Kurose Middle School AcademySeattle

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teeism

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Progress of students flagged for course failure, absenteeism,

and poor behavior over the 2010-2011 school year

Start of school year End of school year *Results for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders

Absen

teeism

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ilure

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Progress of students flagged for course failure, absen-

teeism, and poor behavior over 2011-2012 first semester


90% decrease 97%

decrease

10% decrease

29% decrease

33% decrease

69% decrease

46% decrease

89% decrease

Browne Education CampusWashington, DC

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9% decrease

18% decrease83%

decrease

38% decrease

*Results for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders

Absen

teeism

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Progress of students flagged for course failure, absenteeism, and poor behavior over 2011-

2012 first semester


16% decrea

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se

David T. Denny Middle SchoolSeattle

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Detroit Collegiate Prep


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Progress of students flagged for course failure, absenteeism, and poor behavior over 2011-2012

first semester


15% decrease

60% decrease

0% decrease

33% decrease

Detroit

*Results for 9th graders

Hollenbeck Middle SchoolLos Angeles

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27% decrease

27% decrease19%

decrease

5% decrease

*Results for 6th and 7th graders

Absen

teeism

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Jeremiah E. Burke High School


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first semester


12% decrease

N/A**

42% decrease

20% decrease

Boston

*Results for 9th graders** Data not available

John H. Liechty Middle SchoolLos Angeles

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teeism

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r

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83% decrease 64%

decrease

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16% decrease

*Results for 6th and 7th graders

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Miami Jackson Senior High SchoolMiami

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100% decrease

67% decrease

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Sarah T. Reed High SchoolNew Orleans

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*Results for 9th graders Ab

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Walter L. Cohen High SchoolNew Orleans

Absenteeism Poor behavior English failure Math failure0

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Progress of students who were flagged for course failure, absenteeism, and poor behavior at the

start of the 2010-2011 school year


2% decrease

39% decrease

75% decrease

53% decrease


Specific results for schools using the full Diplomas Now model and involved in the studyThe following slides show progress at schools after just one semester using the full Diplomas Now model.

The bars show the decline in students identified at the beginning of the fall 2011 semester for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure.

These schools are known as cohort 1schools because they are implementing the full Diplomas Now model and are participating in the randomized, controlled study required by the federal i3 grant.

Broadmoor Middle School


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29% decrease

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Baton Rouge

N/A**

*Results for 6th graders**Data not available

Capitol Middle School


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55% decrease

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68% decrease

83% decrease

Baton Rouge



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Charles R. Drew Middle School

24% decrease

57% decrease

64% decrease

78% decrease

Miami


Dever-McCormack Middle School


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first semester


57% decrease

17% decrease

9% decrease

57% decrease

Boston


Miami Edison Middle School


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first semester


18% decrease

54% decrease

52% decrease

71% decrease

Miami


Shaw Middle School


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18% decrease

40% decrease

33% decrease

57% decrease

Washington, D.C.


William Jefferson Clinton Middle School


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55% decrease

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52% decrease

62% decrease

Los Angeles



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Booker T. Washington High School

7% decrease

74% decrease

55% decrease

21% decrease

Miami



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English High School

47% decrease

100% decrease

56% decrease

30% decrease

Boston



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first semester


Newtown High School

51% decrease

100% decrease

52% decrease

53% decrease

New York City


Sheepshead Bay High School

26% decrease

60% decrease

44% decrease

54% decrease

New York City



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liechty middle school

drew middle school

miamishaw middle school

broadmoor middle school

washington high school

burke high school

reed high school

belaire high school