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Sadusky  \nInterim State Superintendent of Schools  \n200 West Baltimore Street • Baltimore, MD 21201 • 410-767- 0100 • 410-333-6442 TTY/TDD • [MarylandPublicSchools.org](MarylandPublicSchools.org)  \nDropout  \nPrevention/School Completion Intervention/Resource Guide  \nProviding school completion supports for Maryland students  \n2011  \nMartin O’Malley  \nGovernor  \nAnthony Brown  \nLieutenant Governor  \nMARYLAND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION James H. Degraffenreidt, Jr. President  \nCharlene M. Dukes  \nVice President  \nMary K. Finan  \nS. James Gates, Jr.  \nLuisa Montero-Diaz  \nSayed M. Naved  \nMadhu Sidhu  \nGuffrie M. Smith, Jr.  \nDonna Hill Staton  \nIvan C. A. Walks  \nKate Walsh  \nGayson M. Sampson  \nStudent Member  \nBernard J. Sadusky  \nSecretary-Treasurer of the Board  \nState Superintendent of Schools  \nAnn E. Chafin  \nAssistant State Superintendent Division of Student, Family, and School Support  \nCharles J. Buckler  \nExecutive Director  \nDivision of Student, Family, and School Support  \nRobert A. Murphy  \nSchool Completion Specialist Division of Student, Family, and School support  \nThe Maryland State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, or sexual orientation in matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs. For inquiries related to departmental policy, please contact Equity Assurance and Compliance Branch, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, 410-767-0426 (VOICE), 410-333-6442 (TTY/TDD), 410- 333-2226 (FAX) .  \n©2011 Maryland State Department of Education  \nSeptember 2011  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction/ Scope 3  \nOverview 4  \nInstitute of Educational Sciences (IES)  \nEvidence Supported Programs 5  \nDropout Practice Guide 7  \nDropout Prevention/School Completion Toolkit  \nLocal School System Assessment Tool 9  \nAppropriate Placement Tool 12  \nSystemic Planning Tool 13  \nAlternative Education  \nDefinition 14  \nStandards 16  \nLocal School System Programs/Initiatives  \nPrograms/Initiatives 29  \nScope of the Resource Guide  \nThis guide is intended to be useful to parents, educators, school boards, and policymakers in identifying and implementing dropout prevention strategies. This guide also seeks to raise the awareness and knowledge level of the reader.  \nThe purpose of this resource guide is to provide a list of programs, initiatives, tools, and evidenced-based practices to address the issue of school non completion. These lists are designed to assist the reader in identifying evidence-based and local initiatives being used successfully to address dropout prevention/intervention/recovery.  \nThe aim of this guide is not endorsement of specific programs and strategies but to identify some of the initiatives implemented to address the issue. It should also be noted that programs listed under the heading of Local School System (LSS) Interventions have not been scientifically evaluated but may display characteristics that are aligned with evidence-based practices.  \nLastly, dropout prevention/intervention/recovery is a complex issue. Factors that cause students to become disengaged or disconnected will not be solved through “silver bullet”approaches but only through multi-faceted approaches that address the complexity of the problem. Furthermore, depending on the scope of the problem and the interventions required, administrators, staff, and policy makers may not see the desired outcomes of these initiatives until sometime in the future  \nOverview  \nThe Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 13A.08.01.07(C) defines a dropout as,  \n“A student who leaves school for any reason, except death, before graduation or completion of a Maryland approved educational program and is not known to enroll in another school or state approved program during the current school year”.  \nIn the United States about 1.2 million students dropout per year, on average, about one every 58 seconds. 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