Attendance Research
Roughly one in four students in New York City is chronically absent. A chronically absent student is defined as having missed 10%, or a month of more of school, in a single year.
Attendance Matters. Chronic absence is a powerful early warning predictor of student performance. Research shows that students who attend regularly achieve greater success in school and life. Research also shows that supporting regular attendance reduces educational inequities.
This page includes publications and research conducted about chronic absenteeism.
Rand Corporation
Illustrating the Promise of Community Schools
January 2020- Rand Corporation
RAND Corporation reports that students in NYC Community Schools are more likely to:
Graduate on time
Miss fewer days of school
Feel safer and supported
Rand Corporation
Developing Community Schools at Scale: Implementation Report
2017- RAND Corporation
An analysis conducted focusing on the implementation strategies of community schools in New York City.
Partnerships for the Future of Learning
Meeting the Challenge of Chronic Absenteeism
August 2018-Partnership for the Future of Learning
This report goes over the efforts taken to combat chronic absenteeism in New York City between 2010 and 2013.
Aspen Institute
From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope: Recommendations from the National Commission on Social, Emotional, & Academic Development
January 2019-Aspen Institute
This report highlights the benefits of socio-emotional learning, how it can be further implemented across the country, and the implications of it in the future.
The Hamilton Project
Lessons for Broadening School Accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act
October 2016-The Hamilton Project
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to add at least one measure of "school quality or student success" to its statewide accountability system.
The report proposes states to adopt chronic absenteeism as their measure of school quality or student success.
Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center
Data Matters Using Chronic Absence to Accelerate Action for Student Success
September 2018-Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center
This report highlights the problem with chronic absenteeism within schools.
New York City Independent Budget Office
Not Reaching the Door: Homeless Students Face Many Hurdles on the Way to School
October 2016-New York City Independent Budget Office
This report highlights the challenges students in temporary housing face when attempting to go to school.
Institute for Children Poverty and Homelessness
Empty Seats: The Epidemic of Absenteeism Among Homeless Elementary Students
November 2015- Institute for Children Poverty and Homelessness
This brief focuses on the issues of absenteeism that particularly impact homeless elementary school students.