California is one of only a few states in the country that does not
collect student attendance data.
Among the proposals is legislation that would require the state to
collect student attendance data and go after parents who aren't making sure their kids go to school.
Not exact matches
Within those schools, we
collected data on all
students for whom we obtained parental consent for participation and who were in
attendance on the day we
collected data.
Chronic Absenteeism: Because the link between
attendance and
students» long - term success is so clear (and because most states already
collect attendance data), chronic absenteeism is an obvious candidate for the «school quality» indicator.
«Nearly all states are building high - tech
student data systems to
collect, categorize and crunch the endless gigabytes of
attendance logs, test scores and other information
collected in public schools,» reported the New York Times in a front - page story last May, confirming the scope of the trend.
«This
data is a call to action for states and communities to use the
attendance data that they collect every day as an early warning sign that can be used to trigger action and support before students miss so much school they require costly remediation to make up for the missed instruction,» Professor Robert Balfanz of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University said in a statement released by Attendance Works, a San Francisco - based pol
attendance data that they
collect every day as an early warning sign that can be used to trigger action and support before
students miss so much school they require costly remediation to make up for the missed instruction,» Professor Robert Balfanz of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University said in a statement released by
Attendance Works, a San Francisco - based pol
Attendance Works, a San Francisco - based policy group.
Yet a majority know not very much (32 percent) or nothing at all (30 percent) about how schools currently
collect, use, store and destroy
student data, including information such as social security numbers, grades and behavior and
attendance records.
Districts would have to
collect, submit and publish
data on a variety of indicators of success such as graduation and dropout rates, expulsions and suspensions,
attendance, and surveys of
student and community perceptions of their schools.
Attendance Works also helped the brand decide what type of data to collect from the schools to track each student's daily a
Attendance Works also helped the brand decide what type of
data to
collect from the schools to track each
student's daily
attendanceattendance.
Engage a diverse set of stakeholders to get input on how
student attendance data are
collected and whether the
data are accessible and understandable.
This study discusses the results of an analysis of longitudinal
data collected on schools» rates of daily
student attendance and chronic absenteeism and on specific partnership practices that were implemented to help increase or sustain
student attendance.
Although many states
collect data on
attendance in their longitudinal
student data bases, the majority fail to make effective use of this
data to analyze how many and which
students are chronically absent.
The study discusses the results of an analysis of longitudinal
data collected on schools» rates of daily
student attendance and...
Many states are choosing to use absenteeism both because it is linked to
student achievement and because it doesn't require a lot of new resources, since schools and districts already
collect attendance data, said Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers.
To assist in that task, and ensure accountability,
student test
data,
attendance records, teacher feedback and other achievement information are carefully
collected, analyzed and applied on a classroom level.
«The failure to
collect, report and monitor real - time
data about
student attendance renders our most at - risk children - including English learners, foster children and low - income free - and - reduced - price lunch
students - invisible,» researchers said.
Charter schools utilize technology in many different ways, from educating
students, to
collecting data on
student attendance and performance.
Together, the team decided to
collect a variety of additional
data, including measures of
student achievement (standardized test and report card grades), engagement (such as
attendance and discipline), and teacher perceptions of parent involvement.
The
data collected included, assessing the entering
students» grammar and punctuation skills, monitoring the
students» «
attendance at optional writing seminars and office hours,» assessing the
students» attainment of proficiency on a final assessment, and factoring in the
students» law school GPA and bar results, whenever possible.