Sentences with phrase «attention on chronic absenteeism»

For those who have pushed educators to focus more attention on chronic absenteeism, it's cause for celebration.

We hope that the renewed attention on chronic absenteeism by policymakers will be accompanied by greater collaboration between educators and researchers to develop and assess strategies for keeping kids in school.

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To designate which schools need extra funding and attention, most states have created a summative ranking, combining schools» performance on various indicators — high school graduation rates, chronic absenteeism, performance on standardized math and reading tests — into a single number or letter grade.

In an effort to bring attention to the issue of students missing too much school, Advocates for Children of New Jersey released its third annual report on chronic absenteeism.

«The Index will place additional emphasis on academic growth, evaluation of school climate through a robust chronic absenteeism measure, attention to both four - year and extended - year graduation rates, and assessments of postsecondary readiness.»

Schools would perform well on this measure if they reduce rates of chronic absenteeism, and states could focus their attention on schools not reducing these rates.