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Module 1: Reducing
Chronic Absence
Why Does It Matter?
11/17/2015
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Attendance & Truancy
A
mong Virginia StudentsSlide2
This PowerPoint serves as No. 1 in a series of modules designed to equip Virginia school divisions with resources to
reduce truancy and absenteeism. This module defines chronic absence and demonstrates its impact on academic achievement.
The PurposeSlide3
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Virginia Absenteeism & Truancy Professional Development Series
1. Understanding Chronic Absenteeism
2. Learning What Works to Reduce Chronic Absence
3. Establishing School Attendance Teams
4. Using Data to Drive Action
5. Messaging Attendance
6. Integrating
Attendance In
Parent Engagement
7. Utilizing Parent-Teacher Conferences to Talk with Families about Attendance
8. Recognizing Good and Improved Attendance
9. Providing Personalized Early Outreach
10. Identifying barriers
11. Engaging Community Partners
12. Creating opportunities for peer learning
13. State Attendance Laws and RegulationsSlide4
Learning goals reviewWhat is chronic absence
How chronic absence impacts achievementAttendance reflection
Today’s AgendaSlide5
Educators will learn what chronic absence is and how it differs from other measures of attendance.Educators will learn
how chronic absence affects academic outcomes.
Learning Goals Slide6
ReflectionRemember a time that you helped a student or a school improve
attendance.How did you know that the student was missing too much school or that the school had high rates of absenteeism?
How were the absences affecting the academic outcomes of the student or the students at the school?
Warm Up Slide7
What is Chronic Absence?
Chronic absence as
missing 10% or more of school for any reason
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Chronic absence is different from truancy (unexcused absences only) or average daily attendance (how many students show up to school each day).Slide8
Different Attendance Measures Slide9
Average Daily Attendance (ADA) Can Mask Chronic Absence
90% and even 95% ≠ A
98% ADA =
little chronic absence
95% ADA =
don’t know 93% or below ADA = significant chronic absenceSlide10
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Truancy (unexcused absences)Can Also Mask Chronic Absence Slide11
Why We May Not Notice Chronic Absence
Absences Add UpChronic Absence = 18 days of absence = 2 days a monthSlide12
Why Does Attendance Matter for Achievement? What we know from research around the
country Slide13
Exposure to language: Starting in Pre-K, attendance
equals exposure to language-rich environments especially for low-income children. Time on Task in Class: Students only benefit from classroom instruction if they are in class.
On Track for Success:
Chronic absence is a proven early warning sign that a student is behind in reading by 3rd grade, failing middle & high school classes, and likely to drop-out.
College Readiness: Attendance patterns predict college enrollment and persistence.Engagement:
Attendance reflects engagement in learning. Improving Attendance Matters Because It Reflects:Slide14
Starting in Pre-K, More Years of Chronic Absence = Need for Intensive Reading Support By 2
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* Indicates that scores are significantly different from scores of students who are never chronically absent, at p<.05 level; **p<.01; ***p<.001
Some risk
At-riskSlide15
Chronic Early Absence Connected to 3
rd Grade-Level Reading
A Rhode Island Data Hub analysis found that c
ompared to kindergartners who attend regularly, those chronically absent:
Scored 20% lower in reading and math in later grades and
gap grows 2X as likely to be retained in grade.2X likely to be suspended by the end of 7
th grade.Likely to continue being chronically absentSlide16
Chronic Absence is Especially Challenging for
Low-Income Children
Poor children are
4x
more likely to be chronically absent in K than their highest income peers.
Children in poverty are more likely to lack basic supports that help them get to school. They often face:
Unstable Housing
Limited Access to Health Care Lack of Safe Paths to School
Inadequate
Food and Clothing
Chaotic Schools with Poor Quality Programs, etc.
Unreliable Transportation
* (Romero & Lee 2007
)Slide17
Multiple Years of Elementary
C
hronic Absence = Worse
Middle School Outcomes
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Oakland Unified School District SY 2006-2012, Analysis By Attendance Works
Chronic absence in 1
st
grade is also associated with:
Lower 6
th
grade test scores
Higher levels of suspension
Years of Chronic Absence in Grades 1-5
Increase in probability of 6
th
grade chronic absence
Each year of chronic absence in elementary school is associated with a
substantially higher probability
of chronic
absence
in 6
th
grade
5.9x
7.8x
18.0xSlide18
The Effects of Chronic Absence on Dropout Rates Are Cumulative
With every year of chronic absenteeism, a higher percentage of students dropped out of school.
http://www.utahdataalliance.org/downloads/ChronicAbsenteeismResearchBrief.pdfSlide19
Attendance Is Even More Important for Graduation for Students In Poverty
Presentation to: The Interagency Council for Ending the Achievement Gap November 7, 2013, CT State Dept of Education.Slide20
Before moving on with the additional modules we would like to encourage you to learn more about this issue. Specifically please consider reading:Present, Engaged and Accounted For: The Critical Importance of Addressing Chronic Absence in the Early Grades, National Center for Children in Poverty, New York, NY, September 2008. (http://
www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_837.pdf)Absences Add Up: How School Attendance Influences Student Success, Attendance Works, August 2014. (http://www.attendanceworks.org/research/absences-add/)
New Britain, Connecticut, a national bright spot (http://www.attendanceworks.org/what-works/new-britain-focus-on-kindergarten
/)
Learn MoreSlide21
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Virginia Absenteeism & Truancy Professional Development Series
1. Understanding Chronic Absenteeism
2. Learning What Works to Reduce Chronic Absence
3. Establishing School Attendance Teams
4. Using Data to Drive Action
5. Messaging Attendance
6. Integrating
Attendance into Parent
Engagement
7.
Leveraging Parent
-Teacher
Conferences
8. Recognizing Good and Improved Attendance
9. Providing Personalized Early Outreach
10. Identifying barriers
11. Engaging Community Partners
12. Creating opportunities for peer learning
13. State Attendance Laws and Regulations