Jordan and Miller say that
the emphasis on chronic absenteeism in state ESSA plans may lead to improved attendance, but teachers and administrators may need support in making use of the data.
Not exact matches
In some ways, the push for tracking
chronic absenteeism benefitted from timing, given the increased
emphasis on education data and the ESSA's commitment to going beyond test scores to measure school success.
Pennsylvania's proposed indicators for federal accountability include a greater
emphasis on academic growth, career readiness benchmarks,
chronic absenteeism, and extended - year graduation rates for federal accountability purposes.
«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.»