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District Strategies to Reduce Student Absenteeism. Brief No. 22

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Title: District Strategies to Reduce Student Absenteeism. Brief No. 22
Language: English
Authors: Gottfried, Michael, Page, Lindsay, Edwards, Danielle, EdResearch for Recovery Project, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Results for America, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE)
Source: EdResearch for Recovery Project. 2022.
Availability: EdResearch for Recovery Project. Available from: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 164 Angell St., 2nd floor, Providence, RI 02906. Tel: 401-863-7990; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://www.annenberginstitute.org/recovery
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2022
Sponsoring Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pandemics, COVID-19, Attendance Patterns, Academic Achievement, Social Development, Emotional Development, Outcomes of Education, Low Achievement, Low Income Students, English Language Learners, Barriers, Change Strategies, School Districts
Abstract: This brief is one in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students during and following the novel coronavirus pandemic. The brief breaks down the issue into three points: (1) Missing school negatively affects academic and socioemotional outcomes for all students, but the impacts are largest for low-performing, low-income, and English learner students; (2) The biggest drivers of absenteeism are transportation challenges, student health, school climate, mobility, and poverty--for individual students and for communities; and (3) The virtual learning environment, increased physical and mental health concerns, and reduced transportation access associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the problems that cause student absences. Based on these points, the brief provides three tiers of ten strategies to consider and three strategies to avoid.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2023
Accession Number: ED626055
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This brief is one in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students during and following the novel coronavirus pandemic. The brief breaks down the issue into three points: (1) Missing school negatively affects academic and socioemotional outcomes for all students, but the impacts are largest for low-performing, low-income, and English learner students; (2) The biggest drivers of absenteeism are transportation challenges, student health, school climate, mobility, and poverty--for individual students and for communities; and (3) The virtual learning environment, increased physical and mental health concerns, and reduced transportation access associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the problems that cause student absences. Based on these points, the brief provides three tiers of ten strategies to consider and three strategies to avoid.