“Attending school on a regular basis matters. It matters the most for our most vulnerable students who live in or near poverty. Millions of students are currently missing far too much school, with multiple detrimental effects. Chronic absenteeism is a key driver of the nation’s achievement, high school graduation, and college attainment gaps. A major reason this occurs, is because few
schools, districts, or states routinely measure absenteeism. Because chronic absenteeism is not measured, it cannot be monitored or acted upon. The good news is if we do measure and monitor absenteeism there is quite a bit that can be done to improve it with existing resources.”
A report recently released by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Center for Social Organization of Schools, the Everyone Graduates Center, and the Get Schooled Foundation examined the effects of chronic absenteeism on students and on graduation rates reported by school systems.
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Background information:
Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University's School of Education
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