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-- Modules About This Site EWS Guide Early Warning Systems Every 26 seconds a teenager drops out of school in the United States. Early warning systems (EWS) are a tool for identifying students at risk of not graduating from high school. Much like emergency systems that sound warnings of natural disasters, educational EWS signal to school staff that action is needed to proactively address student needs. Education Northwest’s EWS modules are a set of strategies to help your team effectively implement an EWS. Whether you are just getting started or refining your processes, our modules can support your efforts to identify struggling students when they first start to fall off track, place students in more effective interventions earlier in their school career, and evaluate which interventions produce the best student outcomes. Login or Create Account   Created by REL Northwest based on national EWS use From a practical perspective, indicator systems alone are not likely to produce improvements in student outcomes unless they are part of a regular cycle of data use by teachers and principals. Implementing an effective early warning system requires training and supporting local practitioners to use multiple types of data to understand student progress and difficulties. These modules were put together to highlight action-oriented practices from districts across the nation to aid practitioners in building teams to use applicable data that match students with appropriate programs and strategies with the overall goal of improving student graduation outcomes and college readiness and success. -- Chartered in 1966 as Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Education Northwest now conducts nearly 200 projects annually, working with schools, districts, and communities across the country on comprehensive, research-based solutions to the challenges they face. Our wide-ranging projects are making an impact in areas such as school improvement, community building, literacy, equity, and research. Although our services and publications have national reach, we primarily work in the five Northwest states of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. © Education Northwest 2018 | Text-only version...