School Organizational Effectiveness and Chronic Absenteeism: Implications for Accountability

Autor/inn/en	Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell; Pogodzinski, Ben
Titel	School Organizational Effectiveness and Chronic Absenteeism: Implications for Accountability
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23 (2018) 1-2, S.153-169 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell) ORCID (Pogodzinski, Ben)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-4669
DOI	10.1080/10824669.2018.1434656
Schlagwörter	Attendance; Elementary Secondary Education; Organizational Effectiveness; Public Schools; Charter Schools; Institutional Characteristics; Urban Schools; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; Michigan (Detroit) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Unternehmenserfolg; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools is strongly associated with critical educational outcomes such as student achievement and graduation. Yet, the causes of chronic absenteeism are complex, with environmental, family/individual, and school factors all affecting the likelihood of a student attending school regularly. This exploratory study examines whether school organizational effectiveness has the potential to moderate external influences on chronic absenteeism. Using school-level scores from the 5Essentials surveys, we find that, in traditional public schools, schools that are organized for effectiveness have lower rates of chronic absenteeism, while controlling for student demographics and grade level. In particular, schools with higher scores for "involved families" have lower chronic absenteeism. While charter schools in Detroit have significantly lower rates of chronic absenteeism than traditional public schools, we did not find an association between organizational effectiveness and chronic absenteeism in charter schools. This suggests that student sorting by school type may produce variation in chronic absenteeism rates that is not moderated by school actions. These findings have important implications for practice and policy, as educators seek to reduce chronic absenteeism in response to pressures from high-stakes accountability systems. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01