Use indicator patterns to address low performance in a strategic way¶

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Description¶

This strategy, one of the article's three mechanisms, directs schools to use patterns in early warning indicator data to address low performance strategically rather than case by case. The article lists it among "three ways in which early warning indicators are useful for improving student achievement" and illustrates it with Chicago high school examples using data tools.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Access to indicator data and data tools that make the information easy to act on.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

Ninth-grade high school students

Target Learning Goals¶

Improving ninth-grade course performance and on-track rates

Affordances¶

Three Mechanisms Early Warning Indicator Improvement

Examples¶

Key Sources¶

Using Early Warning Indicators to Improve Student Performance in Chicago High Schools. (2013). Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR). https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/jespar

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`title`	`Use indicator patterns to address low performance in a strategic way`
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