"What are the most effective ways to keep children in school through graduation?" A report by the Bridgespan Group, Portland Public Schools: From Data and Decisions to Implementation and Results on Dropout Prevention (January 2009), attempts to answer that question by first addressing the issue of, "Is our data about dropout rates even accurate?" The report goes on to follow the story of how Portland's Public School System designed interventions based on analysis of data at the individual student level. The report highlights the importance of data-driven decision making.
Visit the IssueLab website at the following link to download the research:
http://issuelab.org/pps_bridgespan.html
