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To understand absenteeism, take a closer look at data

Educationdive | January 03, 2019

To better understand why some students are chronically absent, school leaders need to look beyond just the number of days students are missing, John Rice, the deputy director of San Francisco-based research center WestEd's Regional Educational Laboratory West, explains in an article for R&D Alert.Examining absenteeism data in greater detail by grade level, teacher, subject area and student demographics, for example can help educators better identify the issues contributing to students missing school or a particular class, helping them to craft specific solutions.The Tulare City School District in California, for example, started a handwashing effort among young children and integrated the topic of proper handwashing into the curriculum to see if the practice can prevent the spread of illness among students and reduce absenteeism.Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, all states are responsible for tracking chronic absenteeism, and most are using the data for accountability purposes. But the issues that contribute to students being absent — and sometimes the solutions are almost as unique as each individual school. For example, some schools have installed laundry facilities for students who were missing school because they didn’t have clean clothes to wear.

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