Niagara Falls High School shows data tracker, highlights 62 college-credit courses and tiered interventions

Niagara Falls High School staff presented a live demonstration of a color-coded student tracker and summarized the high school's portfolio of college-credit coursework at the district board work session.

School leaders said the tracker lists each student and uses automated green/yellow/red coding on attendance, behavior referrals and coursework failures so staff can assign tiered interventions and monitor results. Presenters said the system is updated weekly and has been used for roughly three years. They said the high school serves about 2,000 students in a 420,000-square-foot building and that the tool helps staff identify students who need supports such as daily check-ins, in-school interventions and, in some cases, change of educational program.

District and school officials framed the tracker as a way to prevent students from “falling through the cracks.” The administration said one in-school intervention team (AIT) has had about 70 students on active caseloads at times and that roughly 35 students have cycled off that caseload; staff reported 24 students were reengaged through the AIT,…