TA & D Center Research Resources

The following resources are available through the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, the National High School Center, the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center, and the National Post-School Outcomes Center. This link is provided to streamline access to information and tools for implementing effective practices to decrease dropout, improve secondary transition services, and improve outcomes for students. Viewing these resources as a set may allow users to choose interventions which align with their priorities for improvement. 

Interventions to Improve Academic Outcomes

• Visual display interventions
• Mnemonic interventions
• Technology-based interventions
• Self-management interventions
• Peer-assistance interventions

http://www.psocenter.org/pubs.html

Interventions to Increase Dropout Prevention

• Cognitive-behavioral interventions
• Research-based strategies for dropout prevention
• Check and Connect

http://www.ndpcsd.org/knowledge/improve_postschool_outcomes/default.php
http://www.ndpcsd.org/knowledge/research_syntheses.php

Early Warning System Tool (attendance, course performance)

http://www.betterhighschools.org/pubs/ews_guide.asp

Interventions to Improve Post-School Outcomes

• Predictors of post-school success

http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/PredictorResources.aspx

Interventions to Increase Student Transition Skills

• Evidence-based practices

http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/evidence_based_practices.aspx

Guide for states to display, analyze, and apply data across Indicators 1, 2, 13, and 14.

• Making Connections Across Indicators to Improve Post-School Outcomes: Early State Efforts

http://www.ndpc-sd.org/knowledge/improve_postschool_outcomes/default.php