School districts can upload attendance data and receive an analysis of chronic
absence rates by school, grade and racial / ethnic breakdowns, as well as a list of absentee students.
From the 2009 — 2010 to 2013 — 2014 school years, these community schools increased average attendance by 1.6 percent, compared with a 1.8 percent decrease for noncommunity schools, and decreased chronic
absence rates by 4.1 percent, compared with a 3.6 percent increase for noncommunity schools.19 (For more on Baltimore's community school initiative, see «Where Community Schools Are Strong.»)
Not exact matches
The fact that official purchases of financial assets are determined
by different factors than those influencing private investors suggests that we would probably see a somewhat different combination of capital flows, exchange
rates and interest
rates in the
absence of official intervention.
As a result, retail sales taxes raise the Canadian METR [marginal effective tax
rate]
by approximately 2.5 percentage points, compared to the 9 percentage points that would prevail in the
absence of any exemptions.
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Given an
absence of inflationary pressures and weak economic conditions, the ECB cut its key policy
rate by 50 basis points to 2 per cent in June.
It's the
absence of productive real investment, which since 2000 has slumped to a small fraction of its historical growth
rate, along with the encouragement of rank yield - seeking speculation
by the Fed, that has repeatedly injured the U.S. economy, and is likely to insult the economy with further crises before any durable lessons are learned.
After a reasonable interval to seek work in their own occupation, workers are currently expected to take a job «at a
rate of earnings not lower and on conditions not less favourable than those observed
by agreement between employers and employees or, in the
absence of any such agreement, than those recognized
by good employers.»
The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes
by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response
rate and
absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups
by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.
Other strengths of the underpinning cohort study include high participation
by midwifery units and trusts in England; the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response
rate and
absence of self selection bias because of non-consent; and the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk.12 The economic evaluation was conducted according to nationally agreed design and reporting guidelines.15 26 Collection of primary unit cost data was thorough and accounted for regional differences in care patterns.
Unusually for an infectious disease even at very low
rates of infection, and in the
absence of the dramatic die - offs witnessed in other amphibian populations impacted
by this disease, infected populations of Darwin's frogs are destined for extinction.»
There are quite a few other indicators that this is a new game, like the
absence of Bandai Namco in the copyright, the difference in logo, and that this one hasn't even been
rated by the ESRB.
Statistics released
by the Department for Education also show that the
rate of unauthorised holiday
absences is also increasing.
He concludes that Massachusetts schools may be well - equipped to handle disruptions caused
by cancellations but not those caused
by high
absence rates.
The contract teachers were much more likely to be found in school and teaching (74 percent versus 45 percent for the civil - service teachers), and their
absence rate was unaffected
by tracking (see Figure 2).
A report issued
by the Independent Financial Review Panel in November 2015 recommended that the district work to improve its chronic
absence rate not only to improve academic outcomes for students, but because the district's average daily attendance
rate is the biggest factor in district revenues.
The LCAP does note that while the overall chronic
absence rate has increased across the district, the
rate for foster youth has decreased
by 4 percent and for long - term foster youth it has declined from 23 percent to 15.8 percent.
The chronic
absence rate goal for 2016 - 17 is 11 percent, then decreasing
by 2 percentage points each year through 2018 - 19.
According to the school district African - Americans account for the highest
absence rate at 28 percent followed
by Latinos at 16 percent.
Their chronic
absence rate dropped, and for long - term foster youth, it fell sharply,
by 30 percent — the result of targeting specific supports to these students, district staff said.
Districts with high
rates of chronic
absence, out - of - school suspensions, and school drop outs will be given priority for these grants aimed at improving student outcomes
by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
The current Problem Based Learning (PBL) Regional Summer School program has led to a decrease in discipline referrals and
absence and an increase in passing
rates and engagement, as shown
by action research.
Within the course of one school year, the combination of a data - driven focus on attendance, personalized early outreach, support from community partners, and a generally healthier school climate has helped cut Roosevelt's chronic
absence rate from 15 to 8 percent, as the school's Academic Performance Index (API) score climbed
by 30 points!
A new survey
by researchers shows that secondary students don't really know how many days they miss from school each year, or how their
absence rate compares with their peers.
An updated analysis of state - wide data
by Mississippi KIDS COUNT, released in February 2016, found that chronic
absence rates start high in kindergarten, decrease through elementary school years, and increase again in middle and high school.
The cost associated with smart incentive plans can be covered
by the savings realized from reduced
absence rates.
To see how chronic
absence rates break down
by state and
by grade groupings, you can check out the report's interactive map, which uses the most recent national data.
According to Roughton, the district's focus on chronic
absence was prompted
by a New York Times article on the impact of chronic absenteeism on student outcomes.1 The article made clear that all
absences, not just unexcused
absences, can negatively impact reading
rates and can increase dropout
rates for students.
By coordinating these services, community schools can reduce chronic
absences due to poor health, decrease disciplinary issues and truancy
rates, and help create a more stable living situation for children at home.
The incidence of teacher
absences is regressive: when schools are ranked
by the fraction of students receiving free or reduced - price lunch, schools in the poorest quartile averaged almost one extra sick day per teacher than schools in the highest income quartile, and schools with persistently high
rates of teacher
absence were much more likely to serve low - income than high - income students.
This report found that bringing classroom ventilation
rates up to the state - mandated standard may reduce student
absences due to illness
by approximately 3.4 percent.
It measures school improvement
by assessing such factors as standardized tests, graduation
rates, suspension, expulsion, chronic
absences, English learner improvement and campus «culture and climate.»
An analysis conducted
by Attendance Works found that chronic
absence in first grade predicted later chronic
absence, poor academic performance and higher suspension
rates in the sixth grade.
The infotainment system is dated, assistance systems are conspicuous
by their
absence, and the ergonomics can only be described as second
rate.
In the
absence of mainstream book reviews — and those easily manipulated
by readers — IR's curated reviews will make it possible for readers to find a trusted
rating system for self - published titles.
Due to an
absence of costs associated with holding brick and mortar locations, online - only banks are able to relay these savings to customers
by offering some of the most competitive interest
rates and fee schedules of all the banks.
The success
rate for cataract surgery is case dependent and can range from 60 - 90 % for a postoperative visual and comfortable eye dependent upon the age of the patient, the breed, the presence or
absence of concomitant major medical issues, the duration of the cataracts, the presence or
absence of pre-existing adverse ocular manifestations caused
by the cataracts, etc..
The relatively high occurrence of one or more of these cancers in intact male Goldens, coupled with the relative
absence of an effect of neutering, except with regard to LSA, points to a relatively high underlying
rate of cancer occurrence in this gender and breed that is not affected
by gonadal hormone removal.
There are no examples of a euthanasia
rate being humanely lowered
by a primary effort aimed at an increase in adoptions in the
absence of effective spay / neuter programs.
I'd like to take this moment to bemoan and speculate on Earthbound's
absence from the Virtual Console, considering that it was
rated by the ESRB several months ago and has already been released on the Japanese VC.
Too many of our brothers and sisters have chosen to silently acquiesce, to stand
by and allow the
absence of necessary constraints on the gigantic scale and growth
rate of the global economy to produce the probability of a colossal ecological wreckage in the future.
If convection is enhanced for any reason then the warmed gases will reach higher before condensing because the speed of uplift distorts the lapse
rate locally but once the uplift is cut off as it must be on a rotating sphere illuminated
by a point source of light (the sun) the heights revert to what they would have been in the
absence of the uplift.
Further, we find that current projected future energy supply
rates are far below the supply needed to fuel a global demographic transition to zero growth, suggesting that the predicted leveling - off of the global population
by mid-century is unlikely to occur, in the
absence of a transition to an alternative energy source.
Indeed: —
Absence of accelerating warming — Existence of 30 years long cooling periods [1880 — 1910] then [1940 to 1970]-- Similitude of warming
rates (about +0,15 °C per decade) during both [1910 — 1940] & [1970 to 2000] periods, whereas anthropogenic CO2 emissions have been multiplied
by 5 here between, formally disproved AGW theory and IPCC claims.
In the
absence of absorption of terrestrial radiation
by the atmosphere (and with the other caveats about still having the same albedo and such), that average temperature would have to be 255 K at the surface because of radiative balance and then the temperature would decrease with height at the lapse
rate from there.
These scientists have found that, in the
absence of any significant CO2 concentration changes or human influence during the Holocene (i.e., the last ~ 10,000 years), the deep oceans naturally warmed
by more than 2 °C in a span of just 200 years, which is several times the
rate in which they are alleged to have warmed in the last ~ 60 years of the supposedly dominant anthropogenic influence on climate.
Given the narrow characterization of the «comparator group» in Auton, the case would seem to preclude reliance on section 15
by persons seeking unproven treatments which are not included in the existing public insurance scheme, in the
absence of evidence that other groups receive coverage for unproven therapies at greater
rates.
In our view, the principle that a litigant should be able to see and hear all the evidence which is seen and heard
by the court determining his case is so fundamental, so embedded in the common law, that, in the
absence of parliamentary authority, no judge should override it, at any
rate in relation to an ordinary civil claim, unless (perhaps) all parties to the claim agree otherwise.
Unlike an investment plan, a term plan will not provide a return to you when you are alive but it will secure your family's future in your
absence by providing a high coverage at a nominal
rate.
Home visiting has been promoted
by the American Academy of Pediatrics as an important complement to office - based practice.1 It has been advocated as a way to improve the outcomes of pregnancy, 2 to reduce the
rates of child abuse and neglect, 3 and to help low - income families become economically self - sufficient.4 The background of visitors, however, seems to affect program success.5 — 8 When examined in randomized trials, paraprofessional home visitors (those with no formal training in the helping professions) have produced small effects that rarely are statistically significant.5 — 8 Is the
absence of their effect attributable to lack of professional training or underdevelopment of the program models they delivered?