Advanced Letter to Principal or Superintendant

Advance Letter (E-Mail Text)
Dear ,
I am contacting you on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education to discuss an opportunity for
to participate in a study aimed at preventing high school
dropout. This study would provide access to the National High School Center’s Early
Warning and Intervention Monitoring System (EWIMS) along with high-quality
professional development technical support at no cost. The EWIMS process involves using
data to identify at-risk students early in high school and assigning struggling students to
interventions that get them back on track for on-time graduation. Conducted by the REL
Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory at American Institutes for Research (AIR), the project
will examine the impact of implementing EWIMS on a host of critical student outcomes
(validated indicators of dropout, course performance, persistence and progress in school and
likelihood of on-time graduation). In addition, the project will examine the impact of EWIMS on
how schools make use of data to allocate limited dropout prevention resources.
Attached please find a document that briefly describes the project. Our initial records indicate
that your district/school may be eligible to participate in this project funded by the U.S.
Department of Education’s Institutes for Educational Sciences. I would like to schedule a brief
phone call with you to tell you more about the project, ascertain your interest in taking part, and
to discuss whether this might be a great opportunity for .
Would you be able to touch base briefly by phone on , ? Please feel
free to reach me by email or at 312-283-2318.
Thank you and I look forward to speaking with you!

Project Outreach
On-Time Graduation Project
Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory
American Institutes for Research
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1231, Chicago, IL 60606
t: 312.283.2318 | www.air.org
Per the policies and procedures required by the Education Sciences Reform Act of
2002, Title I, Part E, Section 183, responses to this data collection will be used only
for statistical purposes. The reports prepared for this study will summarize findings
across the sample and will not associate responses with a specific district or
individual. Any willful disclosure of such information for nonstatistical purposes,
except as required by law, is a class E felony.