Data Matters: Using Chronic Absence to Accelerate Action for Student Success

Autor/inn/en	Chang, Hedy N.; Bauer, Lauren; Byrnes, Vaughan
Institution	Attendance Works; Johns Hopkins University, Everyone Graduates Center
Titel	Data Matters: Using Chronic Absence to Accelerate Action for Student Success
Quelle	(2018), (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attendance; Data; Attendance Patterns; Information Utilization; School Demography; Elementary Schools; Middle Schools; High Schools; School Location; Poverty; Disproportionate Representation; Data Collection; Access to Information; Vocational Education; Special Education; Nontraditional Education; United States; Florida; Texas (Austin); Ohio (Cleveland); California (Sacramento); New York (New York); Illinois (Chicago); Maryland (Baltimore); Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Daten; Informationsnutzung; Schulbesuchsrate; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; Oberschule; Schulgelände; Armut; Data capture; Datensammlung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; USA
Abstract	Over the past decade, chronic absence has gone from being a virtually unknown concept to a national education metric that provides every school in the nation with critical data on how many students are missing so many days of school it jeopardizes their academic success. The inclusion of chronic absence in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was a watershed moment that made this metric an integral component of efforts to help students succeed in school and later in life. This report 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. Based on data released by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, the analysis compares differences in school chronic absence levels from the 2013-14 and 2015-16 school years, while showing the connection between chronic absence levels and demographics. Aimed at motivating action, this report: (1) Shares key findings from this analysis of the scale, scope, and concentration of chronic absence in schools nationwide and reflects upon how those patterns can vary by state; (2) Discusses how to use chronic absence data to anticipate and put in place effective solutions to poor attendance that are tailored to local realities; and (3) Recommends steps that key stakeholders--whether they operate at a school, district or state level--can take to support a data driven approach to reducing chronic absence. [Additional funding for this brief was provided by the Jonathon Logan Foundation.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Attendance Works. 200 Granville Way, San Francisco, CA 94127. e-mail: info@attendanceworks.org; Web site: http://www.attendanceworks.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01