School Attendance
Attendance Works has developed a new framework for communicating with families and students about why showing up to school matters. It is embedded in a whole child perspective, and offers a memorable way to explain how being in school supports students’ social, emotional and physical well-being while providing opportunities to learn and achieve.
Attendance Works has developed a new framework for communicating with families and students about why showing up to school matters. It is embedded in a whole child perspective, and offers a memorable way to explain how being in school supports students’ social, emotional and physical well-being while providing opportunities to learn and achieve.
More than ever before, chronic absence is a valuable metric that alerts us to the students and families who may be facing barriers to accessing learning opportunities, especially if they live in poverty, experience racial discrimination, have disabilities, are in foster care or lack shelter or stable housing. Monitoring chronic absence, (missing 10% or more of the school year), provides clear information to guide planning investment of Covid-19 recovery funds. To reflect the key role attendance plays in recovery, the 2021 Attendance Awareness Campaign theme is Rebound with Attendance! Chronic absence is a call to action that we can and must address if we want all children and youth to benefit fully from an education that prepares them for success in school, work and life. Everyone can notice when absences start adding up and ensure steps are taken to address attendance barriers.
More than ever before, chronic absence is a valuable metric that alerts us to the students and families who may be facing barriers to accessing learning opportunities, especially if they live in poverty, experience racial discrimination, have disabilities, are in foster care or lack shelter or stable housing. Monitoring chronic absence, (missing 10% or more of the school year), provides clear information to guide planning investment of Covid-19 recovery funds. To reflect the key role attendance plays in recovery, the 2021 Attendance Awareness Campaign theme is Rebound with Attendance! Chronic absence is a call to action that we can and must address if we want all children and youth to benefit fully from an education that prepares them for success in school, work and life. Everyone can notice when absences start adding up and ensure steps are taken to address attendance barriers.
Teaching Attendance 2.0 is filled with free, ready-to-use resources for everyone who understands that helping students get to school every day enhances the ability of teachers to teach more effectively.
Teaching Attendance 2.0 is filled with free, ready-to-use resources for everyone who understands that helping students get to school every day enhances the ability of teachers to teach more effectively.
The pandemic has significantly increased the number of students who don’t attend class. Solutions aren’t easy, but school districts can recover the chronically absent by digging deeper into data.
The pandemic has significantly increased the number of students who don’t attend class. Solutions aren’t easy, but school districts can recover the chronically absent by digging deeper into data.
The Truancy Intervention Project or “TIP” strives to decrease chronic absenteeism by pairing trained volunteers with children and their families to provide them with the advocacy, resources and services necessary to ensure good attendance and success in school.
The Truancy Intervention Project or “TIP” strives to decrease chronic absenteeism by pairing trained volunteers with children and their families to provide them with the advocacy, resources and services necessary to ensure good attendance and success in school.
Sending home truancy notifications that are written using simpler language and fewer words can improve their effectiveness and reduce student absences by as much as 40 percent, a new study shows. Moreover, these changes are easy to implement and are virtually cost-free if truancy notifications are already being sent home.
Sending home truancy notifications that are written using simpler language and fewer words can improve their effectiveness and reduce student absences by as much as 40 percent, a new study shows. Moreover, these changes are easy to implement and are virtually cost-free if truancy notifications are already being sent home.
Many schools, districts, and communities are interested in analyzing their attendance data for the first time to see if missing school is a significant problem. To simplify the process, Attendance Works has partnered with Applied Survey Research to develop self-calculating spreadsheets for school districts called the District Attendance Tracking Tools (DATTs). These tools are especially effective for smaller districts with more limited data capacity. The companion tools are the School Attendance Tracking Tools (SATTs) which provides school-level analysis down to the individual student level.
Many schools, districts, and communities are interested in analyzing their attendance data for the first time to see if missing school is a significant problem. To simplify the process, Attendance Works has partnered with Applied Survey Research to develop self-calculating spreadsheets for school districts called the District Attendance Tracking Tools (DATTs). These tools are especially effective for smaller districts with more limited data capacity. The companion tools are the School Attendance Tracking Tools (SATTs) which provides school-level analysis down to the individual student level.
Attendance Works recommends a three-tiered approach that starts with foundational supports for the whole school, followed by prevention-oriented supports (Tier1), more personalized outreach (Tier 2) and intensive intervention (Tier 3).
Attendance Works recommends a three-tiered approach that starts with foundational supports for the whole school, followed by prevention-oriented supports (Tier1), more personalized outreach (Tier 2) and intensive intervention (Tier 3).
This report describes how chronic absence and conditions for learning are interconnected issues that can have an impact on a child's educational success. The report identifies specific conditions for learning that can improve school experiences for students and staff and help reduce absenteeism and improve academic outcomes.
This report describes how chronic absence and conditions for learning are interconnected issues that can have an impact on a child's educational success. The report identifies specific conditions for learning that can improve school experiences for students and staff and help reduce absenteeism and improve academic outcomes.
Provides resources and best practices.
Provides resources and best practices.
Several tools are available within the Georgia SLDS to assist you in identifying and analyzing your student attendance data and trends. These free tools will allow you to view your attendance data from the aggregated level as well as from the individual student level.
Several tools are available within the Georgia SLDS to assist you in identifying and analyzing your student attendance data and trends. These free tools will allow you to view your attendance data from the aggregated level as well as from the individual student level.
A toolkit from researchers at American Institutes for Research and the Department of Education is designed for districts that are considering using text messaging to improve attendance.
A toolkit from researchers at American Institutes for Research and the Department of Education is designed for districts that are considering using text messaging to improve attendance.
A new brief by Michael Gottfried, University of Pennsylvania, and the Annenberg Institute at Brown University’s Lindsay Page and Danielle Edwards offers solutions to address today’s significant chronic absence. Developed around Attendance Works’ three tiers approach, the 6-page brief has links to examples and research that supports the interventions.
A new brief by Michael Gottfried, University of Pennsylvania, and the Annenberg Institute at Brown University’s Lindsay Page and Danielle Edwards offers solutions to address today’s significant chronic absence. Developed around Attendance Works’ three tiers approach, the 6-page brief has links to examples and research that supports the interventions.
ENGAGE Georgia is a statewide program funded by the Department of Education and offered to Georgia's local education agencies (LEAs) to assist schools and families with school engagement by providing intensive outreach, engagement, and enhanced support for eligible students in grades K–12.
ENGAGE Georgia is a statewide program funded by the Department of Education and offered to Georgia's local education agencies (LEAs) to assist schools and families with school engagement by providing intensive outreach, engagement, and enhanced support for eligible students in grades K–12.