CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM

Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence.

Students who missed 2 to 4 days in September were 5 times more likely than those who missed fewer than 2 days to be chronically absent for the year

Students who missed more than 4 days were over 16 times as likely to be chronically absent than students who were absent fewer than 2 days

Absenteeism and its ill effects start early. One in 10 kindergarten and first grade students are chronically absent.

Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back

By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school

When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating