The Effect of Suspensions on Student Attendance in a High-Absenteeism Urban District
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| Title: | The Effect of Suspensions on Student Attendance in a High-Absenteeism Urban District |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jeremy Singer (ORCID |
| Source: | Urban Education. 2025 60(2):628-659. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 32 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Suspension, Attendance, Urban Schools, Program Effectiveness, Discipline, Barriers, African American Students, Low Income Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859231192084 |
| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| Abstract: | I examine the effect of out-of-school suspensions (OSS) on attendance in a large midwestern urban district with high rates of chronic absenteeism. I do so from an ecological perspective and using daily attendance and discipline data. Out-of-school suspension has a modest and persistent negative effect on subsequent attendance, particularly for students who were not chronically absent and in schools with harsher discipline climates. I find not only that reducing OSS rates can improve attendance but also that addressing in-school factors such as OSS alone will not be sufficient for substantially reducing high-absenteeism rates in the context of broader social and economic inequalities. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1456268 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | I examine the effect of out-of-school suspensions (OSS) on attendance in a large midwestern urban district with high rates of chronic absenteeism. I do so from an ecological perspective and using daily attendance and discipline data. Out-of-school suspension has a modest and persistent negative effect on subsequent attendance, particularly for students who were not chronically absent and in schools with harsher discipline climates. I find not only that reducing OSS rates can improve attendance but also that addressing in-school factors such as OSS alone will not be sufficient for substantially reducing high-absenteeism rates in the context of broader social and economic inequalities. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859231192084 |
