Achievement for Students Who Are Persistently Absent: Missing School, Missing Out?

Autor/inn/en	Arthurs, Nikie; Patterson, Jonathan; Bentley, Alex
Titel	Achievement for Students Who Are Persistently Absent: Missing School, Missing Out?
Quelle	In: Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 46 (2014) 5, S.860-876 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0972
DOI	10.1007/s11256-014-0307-4
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Attendance; Secondary School Students; Statistical Analysis; Statistical Data; Educational Change; Change Strategies; School Holding Power; Public Policy; Sanctions; Discipline Policy; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Poverty; Economically Disadvantaged; Etiology; Achievement Need; Foreign Countries; Disadvantaged Schools; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Anwesenheit; Sekundarschüler; Statistische Analyse; Bildungsreform; Lösungsstrategie; Öffentliche Ordnung; Sanction; Sanktion; Disziplinarmaßnahme; Armut; Ätiologie; Ausland
Abstract	This article, written by three research-active teachers with the support of their academic partner, interrogates the achievement-attendance link in the most recent government quantitative data for secondary schools in England: persistent absentees stands at 6.6% for all children, but it raises to 9% for students who are classed as "Pupil Premium", which is an official measure of poverty. In the urban high school and site of this case study, this data indicates it is 15% for all students and 20% for "Pupil Premium" students, and that these students are predominantly white British at 22.9% while another category of "any other white background" is 26.9%. This totals 50% of the school census. This article posits that if half of the student population are persistent absentees, with Gypsy Romany traveller students more persistently absent, there is a problem that needs investigation. The co-authors constructed a teacher inquiry project to ascertain the extent of student absences at school-level, to probe the reasons, scrutinize achievement, and develop a responsive action plan. Their point of departure was a concern that the quick fix solution, that is, enforced attendance with financial penalties for families who experience significant levels of poverty and deprivation, does not work. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10