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JuNE 2019
New Chronic Absenteeism Data on Ed-Data.
Ed-Data’s new Chronic Absenteeism section shows you the rate (and count) of students missing more than 10 percent of the school year, and allows you to drill in by student group and charter/non-charter status.
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JuNE 2019
September is Attendance Awareness Month.
Celebrated for the first time in September 2013, the Attendance Awareness Campaign is a nationwide recognition of the connection between school attendance and academic achievement. The goal is to mobilize schools and communities to promote the value of good attendance and to take concrete steps toward reducing chronic absence.
Attendance Works / Read More
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May 2019
Interactive Map: California's chronically absent students in 2017-18.
View EdSource's interactive map showing the chronic absenteeism rates for school districts across California. The highest rates are clustered in rural areas.
EdSource / View Map
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May 2018
Seize the Data Opportunity in California: Using Chronic Absence to Improve Educational Outcomes
A new analysis of state data shows that while chronic absence affects nearly all schools in California, it is also heavily concentrated: Nearly one out of ten traditional public schools in California, or 822 schools, had high levels of chronic absence, that affect 20 percent or more of their students.
Attendance Works / Read More