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Monitoring Chronic Absence: An Overlooked But Essential Tool for Reducing the Achievement Gap

Monitoring Chronic Absence: An Overlooked But Essential Tool for Reducing the Achievement Gap. Why Does Attendance Matter?. Unpacking Attendance Terms. Moving into Action Requires Knowing If Chronic Absence is a Problem.

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Monitoring Chronic Absence: An Overlooked But Essential Tool for Reducing the Achievement Gap

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  1. Monitoring Chronic Absence: An Overlooked But Essential Tool for Reducing the Achievement Gap

  2. Why Does Attendance Matter?

  3. Unpacking Attendance Terms

  4. Moving into Action Requires Knowing If Chronic Absence is a Problem Most Schools Only Track Average Daily Attendance and Truancy. Both Can Mask Chronic Absence. Variation in Chronic Absence for Schools with 95% ADA in Oakland, CA

  5. Chronic Absence Versus Truancy in San Francisco

  6. Sporadic — Not Just Consecutive – Absences Matter New York City Schools A 407 alert is issued when student misses 10 consecutive days or 20 days over a 40 day period. It misses more sporadic absence.1 out of 5 elementary school children were chronically absent. Source: Nauer K et al, Strengthening Schools by Strengthening Families, Center for New York City Affairs New School, Oct 2008

  7. Variation Helps Identify Good Practice and Need for Intervention Chronic Absence Levels Among Oakland Public Schools (2009-10)

  8. African American and Latino Students Most Affected

  9. Elementary Absenteeism Concentrated in West Oakland

  10. What Causes Chronic Absence? Solutions Only Work If Grounded in Understanding Of What Leads to Chronic Absence Special thanks to Dr. Robert Balfanz, Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD for providing this framework.

  11. What Can Help? Proposed Universal Strategies For Influencing Discretion and Identifying Causes of Absence

  12. Recovery Programs Increased Attendance Involves a 3-Tiered Approach that Fits with Most Reform Efforts Students who were chronically absent in prior year or starting to miss 20% or more of school. 0-25% of a school’s students Intervention Programs High Cost 5-35% of a school’s students Students at risk for chronic absence Universal/Preventive Programs All students in the school 65-100% of a school’s students Low Cost

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