Counting Every Day: - Making the Most of California’s Absenteeism Data

© www.attendanceworks.org 5 Improving Attendance Matters High School Middle School 3rd Grade PK-1st Grade Chronic Absence 3rd Grade Inability to read on grade level Middle School Lower achievement High School More likely to drop out of high school © www.attendanceworks.org 6 Chronic Absence Trends ✔ The number of chronically absent students grew from 8,095,132 to 14,660,261. [...] of Percent of Nationwide School Chronic # School Total Enrollmen Absent Absent Total Percent Chronically Chronically Absence Levels s Enrollment t Students Students Nationwide School Chronic Enrollme Total Absent Absent Extreme Chronic Absence Absence Levels # Schools nt Enrollment Students Students (30%+) 12,493 5,264,967 10.6% 2,459,025 30.5% High Chronic Absence (20- Extreme Chronic Absence (30. [...] © www.attendanceworks.org 12 Leveraging Chronic Absence Data for Strategic Decisions Assess Need Prioritize Students Design Program Assess Impact • Use chronic • Consider • Use data to • Use chronic absence data chronic activate absence and to inform absence data deeper attendance how many when inquiry into data to assess and which identifying what affects impact and schools need which students at. [...] © www.attendanceworks.org 13 Chronic Absenteeism Rate Data What is the Chronic Absenteeism Rate? • Represents the percentage of students who are chronically absent (miss 10 percent or more of days expected) • Includes students in kindergarten through grade eight expected to attend at least 31 days • Uses attendance data from the Student Absence Summary (STAS) file submitted by LEAs for the EOY3 co. [...] • From the Total Days Absent, the count of absences by type of absence are calculated for the four different types of absences: ◦ Excused Absences ◦ Unexcused Absences ◦ Out-of-School Suspension Absences ◦ Incomplete Independent Study Absences Absenteeism by Reason by Academic Year (1) Count of Chronic Average Academic Students with Absenteeism Days Year One or More Eligible Enrollment Absent Abse.