Below is a list of research related to attendance
The reports on this page are listed alphabetically and examine the issue of chronic absence nationwide and in selected communities. Use the search box to find research using the author name. See the early education, elementary, secondary and other research categories on the right. To submit new research, please contact us.
Moving Up: The Importance of Attendance in Addressing the Achievement Gap in Mississippi
Using a model conducted by the Denver Public school system (DPS), researchers looked at trends impacting students who fall into the “opportunity quartile,” or the group of students who scored lowest on state achievement scores. The brief examined the “opportunity quartile” and the connection to attendance.
Multi-Tiered System of Support to Address Childhood Trauma: Evidence and Implications
Gee, Kevin et al. Policy Analysis for California Education, August 2020. When California’s students return to school this fall, schools can play a pivotal role in preventing, assessing, and addressing trauma in order to support students’ well-being. We summarize the existing evidence base on multi-tiered trauma-informed practices that offer increasingly intensive tiers of support.
Navigating the Middle Grades: Evidence from New York City
Kiefer, Michael J. and William H. Marinell. The Research Alliance for New York City Schools, New York University, April 2012. This study examines achievement and attendance changes between grades 4-8. Among the findings are that students whose attendance falls during the middle grades are particularly at risk for not being able to graduate from high school. However, these students can…
Parental Depressive Symptoms and Children’s School Attendance and Emergency Department Use: A Nationally Representative Study
Guevara, James P., David Mandell, Shooshan Danagoulian, Maternal and Child Health Journal August 2013. Using a secondary analysis of the 1997–2004 National Health Interview Survey, researchers assessed the association between parental depressive symptoms and school attendance and emergency department use among children with and without chronic health conditions. The results suggest the importance of measuring depressive symptoms among adult caregivers…
Portraits of Change: Aligning School and Community Resources to Reduce Chronic Absence
This report, Portraits of Change: Aligning School and Community Resources to Reduce Chronic Absence, by Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center, September 2017, provides a national and state analysis of how many schools face high levels of chronic absence and discusses the implications for state and local action.
Predicting High School Outcomes in the Baltimore City Public Schools
Mac Iver, Martha and Mattew Messel. The Council of the Great City Schools, Senior Urban Education Research Fellowship Series, vol. 7, Summer 2012. This study examines the relationship between 8th and 9th grade early warning indicators as predictors of graduation outcomes, as well as the relationship between 9th grade indicators and college enrollment outcomes. It suggests early interventions to prevent…
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