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01 Jun 2020
Insights for Early Action - Paper
Explore the factors that contribute to disengagement, the predictive strength of these factors, and best-practice examples of interventions to prevent disengagement.

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01 Jun 2020
This paper focuses on the identification of students at risk of disengagement from school based on evidence from a global literature review and insights from 10 Victorian case study schools.
It provides evidence and insights on what indicators to use to identify students at risk of disengagement and how to undertake early identification of these students.
Developed in partnership between the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership, Evidence for Learning, and Monash University's Faculty of Education.
The Insights for Early Action study set out to investigate how schools can best identify students at risk of disengaging from their learning and explore best-practice examples of interventions to prevent disengagement.
Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions internationally. This report explores a range of frameworks and tools that support school leaders and teachers to act on insights developed about students at risk of disengagement and take a preventative approach to disengagement.
Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions internationally. This report presents case studies of how school leaders and teachers from a sample of 10 Victorian schools use data to identify students at risk of disengagement.
Student disengagement and dropout from school are major challenges for education jurisdictions internationally. This report summarises the findings of a review of recent international research on the early identification of, and early intervention with, students at risk of disengagement.