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New Analysis of Connecticut Data Highlights Stark Attendance Gaps by Learning Mode and Among Student Groups Hard Hit by Covid-19
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9, 2021 – Students attending school remotely have the highest levels of chronic absence in the current school year, with in-person students attending most frequently and hybrid students falling in between, according to an analysis of state data from Connecticut.
National Analysis Shows Students Experiencing Chronic Absence Prior to Pandemic Likely to be Among the Hardest Hit by Learning Loss
SAN FRANCISCO, February 2, 2021 – Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, one out of 6, or 8 million students experienced some level of chronic absenteeism in the U.S., according to an analysis of the most recent federal data. Those with the most absences are also…
Updated: Report shows two-thirds of states have reinstated daily attendance taking
SAN FRANCISCO, January 15, 2021 – In response to new information, Attendance Works has revised its report summarizing state attendance guidance developed since spring 2020. The report, Are Students Present and Accounted For? An Examination of State Attendance Policies During the Covid-19 Pandemic, has been…
New report shows that two-thirds of states have reinstated daily attendance taking
SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, 2020 – A scan of 50 state policies that track whether students are missing school during the coronavirus pandemic shows that the majority have reinstated daily attendance taking, according to a new report from Attendance Works. Early data suggests that millions…
Record-breaking 803 Superintendents Pledge to Prioritize Attendance in 2019-20 School Year
SAN FRANCISCO, October 16, 2019 – Today Attendance Works and nine national Attendance Awareness Campaign partners are pleased to announce that 803 superintendents across the country have signed the Superintendents Call to Action. These local superintendents are raising their voices to lead the effort to…
New Report Calls for the Use of Chronic Absence Data to Improve Conditions for Learning and Student Outcomes
San Francisco, September 10, 2019 – Improving student outcomes require combining attention to chronic absence with investments in school climate, according to a new report released today. Drawing on the expertise of Attendance Works and American Institutes for Research (AIR), the new report, Using Chronic…
National Analysis of Chronic Absence Data Revised to Reflect Local Data Reporting Error
SAN FRANCISCO, January 9, 2019 – In response to an honest error, Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Education published an updated version of their report about national chronic absence levels. The error changed national figures for African-American…
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