Below is a list of key research related to State & Local Chronic Absence Reports
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In School and On Track: Report on California’s Elementary School Truancy and Absenteeism Crisis
Office of Attorney General, California Department of Justice, 2013. According to the California Department of Education, 691,470 California elementary school children, or 1 out of every 5 elementary school students, were reported to be truant in the 2011-2012 school year. Statewide, 38% of all truant students are elementary school children. Given these disturbing statistics, Attorney General Kamala Harris commissioned a…
Just the Right Mix: Identifying Potential Dropouts in Montgomery County Public Schools Using an Early Warning Indicators Approach
West, Thomas C. Office of Shared Accountability, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, March 2013. Each school year, roughly a thousand students drop out of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). However, unlike other large, urban school districts where students who drop out skip school and are suspended often (Balfanz & Byrnes, 2010), students who drop out of MCPS are present in…
Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Chronic Absence Data: 2016-17
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released school- and district-level chronic absence data for 2016-17 school year. The results show that 14.2 percent of Mississippi students were absent 10 percent or more of the time enrolled that year.
Mississippi KIDS COUNT 2017 Factbook
Mississippi KIDS Count. The 2017 Factbook includes information in the MS Kids Count picareas of children’s education, health, and economic well-being within the context of their family and community.
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.
Present and Counting: A Look at Chronic Absenteeism in Mississippi Schools
Mississippi KIDS Count. An analysis released in March 2015 showed that 15 percent of Mississippi public school students (74,299) were chronically absent during the 2013-14 school year. Absentee rates were high in kindergarten (14%), tapered off in early elementary years, and increased steadily throughout middle school and high school. The highest proportion was 36 percent in grade 12. Using data…
Reducing Chronic Absenteeism for Children in Foster Care and FINS
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, September 2017. Researchers found that little data is collected and shared between state agencies, schools, social workers and courts making it difficult to know the extent of the problem. The report explores the issue, discusses school and district bright spots, and offers recommendations to help the state reduce chronic…
