High
quality student attendance data has several characteristics: It can be compared across districts and schools; it's transparent, secure, and is supported by district policies and procedures.
Not exact matches
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.
Our
data on
students» adult outcomes include earnings, college
attendance, college
quality (measured by the earnings of previous graduates of the same college), neighborhood
quality (measured by the percentage of college graduates in their zip code), teenage birth rates for females (measured by claiming a dependent born when the woman was still a teenager), and retirement savings (measured by contributions to 401 [k] plans).
A Level 1 rating signifies «high performance, a good school choice with many positive
qualities,» recognizing academic growth and attainment from UChicago Charter's diverse
student body, as well as the various campuses» strong
attendance and high
quality student data record keeping.
«ESSA will directly impact our
students» outcomes and this policy gives us the opportunity to think critically about what it means to truly have a high -
quality education, where we look beyond test scores to
data on
student growth, wellness,
attendance, engagement and access to enrichment activities,» said Clare Foley, a fifth - grade teacher at Richard R. Green Central Park School in Minneapolis.
In Monroe County, Georgia, for example, the locally developed dashboard includes
data on organizational effectiveness (including new teacher retentions, facilities
quality, and internet access);
student, staff, and community engagement (including the number of business partners, staff
attendance, and music performances); professional learning; and
student performance on a range of measures.
But only 17 states track and report chronic absenteeism
data, according to the Data Quality Campaign and Attendance Works, a non-profit organization that advocates for more focus on absenteeism data and ideas for getting students to come to sch
data, according to the
Data Quality Campaign and Attendance Works, a non-profit organization that advocates for more focus on absenteeism data and ideas for getting students to come to sch
Data Quality Campaign and
Attendance Works, a non-profit organization that advocates for more focus on absenteeism
data and ideas for getting students to come to sch
data and ideas for getting
students to come to school.
PTOs can play an important role in helping parents understand the school district report cards, which vary widely but may include
data about teacher
quality, funding,
attendance, and discipline referrals in addition to
student achievement.
* Read the previous blogs in our series, ESSA Implementation: Keeping
Students with Disabilities In School, A Sea Change in Defining and Responding to Poor
Attendance, High
Quality Attendance Data is More Important Than Ever, and Making the Most of
Attendance Indicators.
CPS Network Offices are currently responsible for ensuring the
quality, accuracy and integrity of school - based
attendance data;
student level
attendance and truancy related programs and adherence to state and district level governing policies and guidelines.
Two of the 10 studies listed in Table 2 followed
students from their elementary school classrooms into adulthood, obtaining
data on long - term outcomes, including college
attendance and the
quality of the college attended around age 20, earnings at age 28, the
quality of the neighborhood of residence during adulthood, and teen parenthood.