Diplomas Now benefits students, their schools and communities

Tripling Graduation Rates by Focusing on the ABCs The chances of sixth to ninth graders graduating from high school triple if we eliminate their early warning signs of poor attendance, poor behavior and course failure. Diplomas Now focuses on the critical transition time of 6 th to 9 th grade. Research shows if we can get students safely to 10 th grade, their likelihood of graduating increases from about 25 percent to 75 percent.

Diplomas Now Results The following slides show progress over the school year and over the fall 2011 semester at Diplomas Now partner schools. The bars show the decline in students identified at the start of the school year for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure. Key finding: Schools using the full Diplomas Now model achieved better results after just one semester as schools using a partial model did after an entire school year.

Middle Schools: Broadmoor Middle School, East Baton Rouge Capitol Middle School, East Baton Rouge Charles R. Drew Middle School, Miami Dever-McCormack Middle School, Boston Miami Edison Middle School, Miami Shaw Middle School, Washington, DC William Jefferson Clinton Middle School, Los Angeles High Schools: Belaire High School, East Baton Rouge Booker T. Washington High School, Miami English High School, Boston Newtown High School, New York City Sheepshead Bay High School, New York City Diplomas Now Schools Using Full Model

Middle Schools: Aki Kurose Middle School Academy, Seattle Browne Education Campus, Washington, DC David T. Denny International Middle School, Seattle Hollenbeck Middle School, Los Angeles John H. Liechty Middle School, Los Angeles High Schools: Detroit Collegiate Prep, Detroit Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Boston Miami Jackson Senior High School, Miami Sarah T. Reed High School, New Orleans Diplomas Now Schools Using Partial Model

Overall Fall 2011 Results After Just One Semester of the Full Diplomas Now Model *Data from 7 middle and 5 high schools partnering with Diplomas Now. These are “Cohort 1” schools implementing the full Diplomas Now model and participating in the randomized, controlled study required by the federal i3 grant. 36% decrease 47% decrease 51% decrease 60% decrease

Overall Results After an Entire School Year Using Only the Partial Diplomas Now Model *Data from 5 middle schools and 3 high schools partnering with Diplomas Now. These are “legacy” schools implementing a less comprehensive version of the full Diplomas Now model.

Comparison of summary data Group Decrease in Absenteeism Decrease in Behavior Incidents Decrease in Course Failure in English Decrease in Course Failure in Math Overall Decrease in Warning Signs After one semester with full DN model 36%47%51%60%49% After one year with partial DN model 30%22%58%53%41%

Diplomas Now achieving great early results! After just one semester, the full Diplomas Now model with teacher teams, small learning communities, coaching and curriculum and extra student support achieves better results than the partial model with just extra student support did after an entire school year. Decreasing early-warning indicators increases likelihood of graduation in four years. We are positioned to achieve the 66% decline in early warning indicators and 80% graduation rate projected in the four-year study.

Specific results for schools using the partial Diplomas Now model The following slides show progress over the school year and over the fall 2011 semester at “legacy” schools, implementing a less comprehensive version of the Diplomas Now model. The bars show the decline in students identified at the beginning of each school year for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure.

Aki Kurose Middle School Academy Seattle *Results for 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders 90% decrease 97% decrease 10% decrease 29% decrease 33% decrease 69% decrease 46% decrease 89% decrease

Browne Education Campus Washington, DC 9% decrease 18% decrease 83% decrease 38% decrease *Results for 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders 16% decrease 75% decrease 64% decrease 57% decrease

David T. Denny Middle School Seattle 68% decrease 95% decrease 20% decrease 40% decrease *Results for 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders Progress of students flagged for course failure, absenteeism, and poor behavior over the school year 22% decrease 65% decrease 45% decrease 40% decrease

Detroit Collegiate Prep 15% decrease 60% decrease 0% decrease 33% decrease Detroit *Results for 9 th graders

Hollenbeck Middle School Los Angeles 27% decrease 19% decrease 5% decrease *Results for 6 th and 7 th graders 39% decrease 47% decrease 48% decrease

Jeremiah E. Burke High School 12% decrease N/A** 42% decrease 20% decrease Boston *Results for 9 th graders ** Data not available

John H. Liechty Middle School Los Angeles 83% decrease 64% decrease 31% decrease 16% decrease *Results for 6 th and 7 th graders 38% decrease 53% decrease 29% decrease 17% decrease

Miami Jackson Senior High School Miami 100% decrease 67% decrease 45% decrease 29% decrease *Results for 9 th graders 7% decrease 10% decrease 100% decrease 69% decrease

Sarah T. Reed High School New Orleans 51% decrease 50% decrease 2% decrease 21% decrease *Results for 9 th graders 18% decrease 47% decrease 29% decrease 13% decrease

Walter L. Cohen High School New Orleans 2% decrease 39% decrease 75% decrease 53% decrease *Results for 9 th graders

Specific results for schools using the full Diplomas Now model and involved in the study The following slides show progress at schools after just one semester using the full Diplomas Now model. The bars show the decline in students identified at the beginning of the fall 2011 semester for absenteeism, poor behavior and course failure. These schools are known as cohort 1schools because they are implementing the full Diplomas Now model and are participating in the randomized, controlled study required by the federal i3 grant.

Broadmoor Middle School 29% decrease 100% decrease 0% decrease Baton Rouge N/A** *Results for 6 th graders **Data not available

Capitol Middle School 55% decrease 0% decrease 68% decrease 83% decrease Baton Rouge *Results for 6 th graders

Charles R. Drew Middle School 24% decrease 57% decrease 64% decrease 78% decrease Miami *Results for 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders

Dever-McCormack Middle School Boston *Results for 6 th graders

Miami Edison Middle School 18% decrease 54% decrease 52% decrease 71% decrease Miami *Results for 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders

Shaw Middle School 18% decrease 40% decrease 33% decrease 57% decrease Washington, D.C. *Results for 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders

William Jefferson Clinton Middle School 55% decrease 90% decrease 52% decrease 62% decrease Los Angeles *Results for 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th graders

Booker T. Washington High School 7% decrease 74% decrease 55% decrease 21% decrease Miami *Results for 9 th graders

English High School 47% decrease 100% decrease 56% decrease 30% decrease Boston *Results for 9 th graders

Newtown High School 51% decrease 100% decrease 52% decrease 53% decrease New York City *Results for 9 th graders

Sheepshead Bay High School 26% decrease 60% decrease 44% decrease 54% decrease New York City *Results for 9 th graders