Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) is a social emotional model that achieves academic outcomes through combining use of real-time student data with proven relationship-building strategies and intensive teacher collaboration to prevent course failure. BARR is a recipient of US Department of Education "Investing in Innovation (i3)" Development and Validation grants. This paper presents results of the first two years of BARR implementation, including a randomized controlled trial in the first year. Students who experienced BARR earned significantly more credits toward graduation and had a lower core course failure rate than students in the control condition. By the second year, the achievement gap between Hispanic and non-Hispanic students had closed. Implications of combining positive intentional relationships with academic rigor are discussed.