How to Establish a Baseline for Academic Intervention

Subjective Method

• 1

  Examine the student's average grades for the previous few semesters. Calculate a grade point average to establish a baseline for the student's typical performance.

• 2

  Monitor the student's grades each semester.

• 3

  Intervene academically and institute probation or counseling, if the student's grades deviate more than 10 percent below baseline.

Objective Method

• 4

  Choose an arbitrary grade point measure for academic intervention, such as 2.5 or 2.0 on a four-point scale.

• 5

  Monitor the student's grades each semester.

• 6

  Institute intervention proceedings whenever a student's average for the semester drops below the set level.