Does the Attendance Gap explain the Achievement Gap?
Thanks for part 2! Attendance is such an important issue, especially now, and its contribution to academic outcomes has been borne out through many years of studies (a 2009 NCES one: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/attendancedata/chapter1a.asp).
CA Ed Code definitions of unexcused absence (aka "truancy") here: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ai/tr/ and "School Attendance Review Boards" that are supposed to work to reduce truancy info here: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ai/sb/ .
SFUSD policy on truancy here: https://www.sfusd.edu/services/know-your-rights/student-family-handbook/chapter-4-student-academic-expectations/41-attendance-guidelines/415-what-happens-if-student-has-many-unexcused-absences#:~:text=If%20a%20student%20has%20unexcused,the%20student%20get%20to%20school.
[& for your consideration: many who work in education are encouraging us to think in terms of educational opportunity gaps, rather than achievement gaps--here's an op/ed laying out the case: https://www.edpost.com/stories/why-we-need-to-stop-calling-it-the-achievement-gap#]
Don't many schools have parent liaison staff or something similar. What do these liaisons do? couldn't they focus on the absenteeism issue?
Thanks for part 2! Attendance is such an important issue, especially now, and its contribution to academic outcomes has been borne out through many years of studies (a 2009 NCES one: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/attendancedata/chapter1a.asp).
CA Ed Code definitions of unexcused absence (aka "truancy") here: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ai/tr/ and "School Attendance Review Boards" that are supposed to work to reduce truancy info here: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ai/sb/ .
SFUSD policy on truancy here: https://www.sfusd.edu/services/know-your-rights/student-family-handbook/chapter-4-student-academic-expectations/41-attendance-guidelines/415-what-happens-if-student-has-many-unexcused-absences#:~:text=If%20a%20student%20has%20unexcused,the%20student%20get%20to%20school.
[& for your consideration: many who work in education are encouraging us to think in terms of educational opportunity gaps, rather than achievement gaps--here's an op/ed laying out the case: https://www.edpost.com/stories/why-we-need-to-stop-calling-it-the-achievement-gap#]
Don't many schools have parent liaison staff or something similar. What do these liaisons do? couldn't they focus on the absenteeism issue?