But while the law school staff, recruiters and related industry types at the show
report lower attendance than in years past, it's not all glum news.
Not exact matches
(One pastor who is responsible for seven congregations
reports that the
lowest average Sunday worship
attendance for any one of these congregations is 300.)
The numbers are probably even
lower now: one recent
report has them at around 46 percent, but records, nevertheless, that that they are now rising rather than falling; the Irish Times headline was «Mass
attendance in Ireland is up».
Our initial study, based on
attendance counts in Protestant churches in one Ohio county and Catholic churches in 18 dioceses, indicated a much
lower rate of religious participation than the polls
report.
An official
attendance of 59,510 was given, but a figure much
lower, some
reports suggesting around 20,000 seats were left empty for the fixture.
Gun owners generally attend church more often and
report greater levels of religiosity, although those who find empowerment in the symbol of the gun are
low on religious participation, such as worship
attendance.
Sleep - deprived teens also have higher self -
reported rates of depression, higher rates of obesity and
lower rates of school
attendance.
As a result, lawmakers there have included
attendance as one of the educational goals that districts must
report on and set goals to improve — especially for
low income students, English learners and foster youth.
In Mississippi, where schools are not required to offer full - day kindergarten programs and
attendance is voluntary, a Hechinger
Report analysis of data found that kindergarteners have the
lowest average daily
attendance rate of any K - 8 grade.
He explained that one reason
attendance reports appear
low is «because some teachers had been taking
attendance on paper since the first day of school and had not yet transferred
attendance from paper into MiSiS.»
A
report by a Washington think tank about a California virtual charter run by the company found a series of problems, including dramatically
lower test scores than traditional public schools, startling high dropout rates, questionable
attendance figures and a host of other problems.
National averages on the 4th and 8th grade mathematics and reading tests were between 12 and 18 test - score points
lower for students with poor
attendance than for their peers who hadn't missed any school in the
reporting period, the analysis found.
For students to experience lasting benefits from attending summer programs, the
report recommends that districts: run programs for at least five weeks; promote high
attendance; include sufficient instructional time and protect it; invest in instructional quality; and factor in
attendance and likely no - show rates when staffing the programs in order to
lower per - student costs.
For students to experience lasting benefits from attending summer programs, the
report recommends that districts run programs for at least five weeks, promote consistent
attendance, include sufficient instructional time and protect it, invest in instructional quality, and factor in
attendance and likely no - show rates when staffing the programs in order to
lower per - student costs.
The
report found poor oversight when it came to ensuring accurate student
attendance, dramatically
lower test scores than their traditional public school counterparts and difficulty accessing technology.
Poor oversight when it comes to ensuring accurate student
attendance, dramatically
lower test scores than their traditional public school counterparts and difficulty accessing technology were only some of problems the
report found with CAVA and were echoed by Golovich, who was not involved in the compilation of the study.
«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.
Attendance Works
reports that students who miss 10 percent or more of the school year in kindergarten tend to experience
lower academic achievement in 1st grade; if they are
low - income students, that disadvantage persists all the way through 5th grade and often beyond (see «Debunking the Myths about School
Attendance»).
Writing in the British Medical Journal, they
report «a [statistically] significant decrease in
attendances on the intervention weekends... At no other point during the three year surveillance period was
attendance that
low.»
Supporters of ART ASIA's inaugural fair
reported great satisfaction with
attendance: Sundaram Tagore, executive director of SUNDARAM TAGORE GALLERY shared, «Due to the financial meltdown in the US, our expectations were extremely
low.
At the third Climate Leaders Summit hosted by The Climate Group in Cancun, the sub-national governments in
attendance committed to continue to develop
low - carbon policies and to regularly report on their progress in the Cancun Statement of Federal States & Regional Governments on Low Carbon & Climate Resilient Development and the accompanying Cancun Sectoral Framewo
low - carbon policies and to regularly
report on their progress in the Cancun Statement of Federal States & Regional Governments on
Low Carbon & Climate Resilient Development and the accompanying Cancun Sectoral Framewo
Low Carbon & Climate Resilient Development and the accompanying Cancun Sectoral Framework.
Outcomes at 36 - month follow - up showed that children in the Early Start series had higher rates of general practitioner contact (P <.05), higher rates of well - child care (P <.05),
lower rates of hospital
attendance for unintentional injury (P <.01),
lower rates of parentally
reported child abuse (P <.01), greater use of preschool education (P <.05), more positive and less punitive parenting (P <.05), and
lower rates of childhood behavioral problems (P <.05).
RESULTS: Comparisons between the Early Start and control series showed that families in the Early Start program showed significant (P <.05) benefits in reduced risk of hospital
attendance for unintentional injury,
lower risk of parent -
reported harsh punishment,
lower levels of physical punishment, higher parenting competence scores, and more positive child behavioral adjustment scores.
At the end of the sessions, parents with high
attendance reported significantly better discipline practices than those with
low attendance (effect size = 0.41).
Families
reported high satisfaction,
attendance was high, and attrition was
low.