Students show signs of dropout risk early in high school, and schools that reach out in the ninth-grade year can keep them on track to graduate¶

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q1 i? Dropout risk signals emerge early in high school, and early ninth-grade outreach can keep students on track to graduate. → Prevention Science in School Settings chapter 2015

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Prevention Science in School Settings chapter 2015¶

Prevention Science in School Settings chapter, edited by Kris Bosworth. (2015). Dropout Prevention: A Previously Intractable Problem Addressed Through Systems for Monitoring and Supporting Students. Springer. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/dropout-prevention-previously-intractable-problem-addressed-through-systems-monitoring doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3155-2_17

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The chapter's overview asserts, citing prior research, that dropout risk signs appear early in high school: "schools that reach out to students early—in the ninth-grade year—can keep them on track to graduate." No study design or statistics are printed in the supplied text.

"research has shown that students show signs of dropout risk early on in high school, and schools that reach out to students early—in the ninth-grade year—can keep them on track to graduate."

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