{"id":1154,"date":"2019-04-12T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winginstitute.org\/news\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:14:00","slug":"chronic-student-absenteeism-a-significant-and-overlooked-obstacle-to-student-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winginstitute.org\/news\/chronic-student-absenteeism-a-significant-and-overlooked-obstacle-to-student-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic Student Absenteeism: A Significant and Overlooked Obstacle to Student Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Decades of research document the significant negative impacts of student absenteeism on academic achievement, emotional development, graduation, health, and long-term success (Gottfried, 2015). Yet, until just a few years ago, the U.S. K\u201312 education system was virtually unaware that it had a chronic student absenteeism problem. Prior to that time, chronic absenteeism was never tracked by school systems, let alone addressed. A recent analysis of the data revealed that a significant number of students (one in seven) were chronically absent, defined as missing 10% of school days (Balfanz & Brynes, 2012). And that was the threshold number. Many students identified as chronically absent missed more than 10%. The corresponding negative impacts worsen with every additional day of school missed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This overview looks at the best available evidence on chronic student absenteeism in the context of (1) the scale<\/em> of the problem at all levels of the education system: national, state, school, and grade; (2) the impact<\/em> on student academic performance, graduation, health, and financial impact on school districts; (3) impact multipliers <\/em>that exacerbate chronic absenteeism, such as poverty, student mobility, homelessness, and disciplinary suspensions; and (4) interventions<\/em> utilizing a public health tiered model for different levels of action depending on need, a performance feedback system to track and modify the results of each intervention, and coordination of resources across a wide range of education stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citation<\/strong>: Keyworth, R., Detrich, R. & States, J. (2019). Overview of Chronic Student Absenteeism: A Significant and Overlooked Obstacle to Student Achievement. Oakland, CA: The Wing Institute. https:\/\/www.winginstitute.org\/perform-levels-student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link: https:\/\/www.winginstitute.org\/student-chronic-absenteeism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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