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Ensure regular access to chronic absence data<\/a><\/h4><\/div>

Effective approaches to reducing chronic absence rely on access to timely, actionable data to understand which students or groups of students attend regularly, which are at risk and which are chronically absent and need additional support.<\/p>\r\n

Teams should review chronic absence data broken down by school, grade, classroom, student group and\/or neighborhood to detect barriers that require system-wide solutions. If you don’t already receive such a report, ask your district. Ideally, your district’s student information system can provide this data.<\/p>\r\n

If needed, free data tools<\/a> — such as the Attendance Works School Attendance Tracking Tools or District Attendance Tracking Tools — can help schools visualize patterns and quickly identify students or groups in need.<\/p>\r\n

Regular data review, at least twice a month, allows teams to:<\/p>\r\n