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Title: The Effect of Suspensions on Student Attendance in a High-Absenteeism Urban District
Language: English
Authors: Jeremy Singer (ORCID 0000-0002-2666-2972)
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.
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