Our work in Philadelphia, however, suggests that the vast majority of dropouts sent signals of being on the path to dropout long before they finally left school. The article describes the early warning indicators that we identified for 6th graders, 8th graders, and high school freshmen.
An Early Warning System. Ruth Curran Neild, Robert Balfanz, and Liza Herzog. Educational Leadership, October 2007 | Volume 65 | Number 2 Early Intervention at Every Age Pages 28-33.