The National High School Center

Project

National High School Center (www.betterhighschools.org) Millions of high school students—particularly those with disabilities, with limited proficiency in English, or from low-income backgrounds—need additional support in order to succeed. To address this challenge, the National High School Center promotes the use of research-supported approaches that help all students learn and become adequately prepared for college, work, and life. The National High School Center identifies research-supported improvement programs and tools, offers user friendly products, and provides technical assistance services to improve secondary education. 

The National High School Center draws on AIR's extensive experience operating national technical assistance centers, the knowledge its experts have gained by conducting large-scale evaluations of prominent high school reform efforts, and effective tools and resources it has developed in various projects.  

The National High School Center is part of a national network of Content and Regional Comprehensive Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education to help build the capacity of states across the nation to effectively implement the provisions and goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The National High School Center is one of five content centers covering a spectrum of topical areas especially relevant to NCLB and school improvement.  

 

National High School Center

Related Work

12 Mar 2013
Brochure

Early Warning Systems: Designing Effective Interventions to Improve College & Career Readiness

The National High School Center at AIR developed an early warning systems tool that provides accurate and timely data to identify students most at risk for dropping out of high school. The center’s tool allows districts to dig deeper into their data, see patterns, and uncover the reasons behind students’ poor performance.

7 Dec 2009
Report

What Matters for Staying On-Track and Graduating in Chicago Public Schools: A Focus on Students with Disabilities

This report found that absences, course failures, course credits and GPA all can be used to accurately predict whether ninth-graders with disabilities will graduate from high school. Identifying these early warning indicators is especially crucial for students with disabilities, who drop out of high school at alarming rates.

10 Oct 2007
Report

Approaches to Dropout Prevention: Heeding Early Warning Signs With Appropriate Interventions

This report outlines steps that schools can take to identify at-risk students and provide the necessary support systems and relevant interventions to assist students in obtaining a high school diploma.

 

1 Aug 2007
Report

Meeting the Needs of Significantly Struggling Learners in High School: A Look at Approaches to Tiered Intervention

This report, authored by Helen Duffy of the National High School Center, provides an in-depth look at the implementation and structural issues, as well as the needed support required to successfully institute Response to Intervention (RTI) at the secondary school level.

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