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The Chief Education Office has commissioned this report on chronic absenteeism in Oregon schools to better understand this problem in general, to specifically hear from students and families most likely to be chronically absent, and to present recommendations for the State and local communities.

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.

Not exact matches

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to report data on chronic absenteeism, but there is still much work to be done at the school and district level to ensure the quality and consistency of such data.

The Department of Education just released its first - ever report on what it labels a «hidden educational crisis» — chronic absenteeism, defined as missing more than 15 days of school in a year — in American schools, and the statistics are sobering: In the 2013 — 2014 school year, more than 6.5 million kids fell into this category.

ACNJ has kept up the drumbeat on chronic absenteeism with multiple reports, forums, focus groups and professional development for school staff and community programs.

Resources for schools and communities • NJDOE guidance on reporting and calculating chronic absenteeism • Toolkits from Attendance Works, a national organization committed to improving student attendance • Video on Hedgepeth - Williams Middle School in Trenton dramatic reduction of its chronic absenteeism rate

Links to ACNJ's reports • Third annual statewide report on absenteeism • Report on high school absenteeism in Newark • Video from ACNJ's most recent forum on chronic absenteeism, featuring Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, the main sponsor of threport on absenteeism • Report on high school absenteeism in Newark • Video from ACNJ's most recent forum on chronic absenteeism, featuring Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, the main sponsor of thReport on high school absenteeism in Newark • Video from ACNJ's most recent forum on chronic absenteeism, featuring Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, the main sponsor of the bill

The 74's Carolyn Phenicie reports on how tough discipline and chronic absenteeism may «collide» under ESSA.

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 school.

This article reports on three studies about how to deal with chronic absenteeism and getting students to attend school.

This report presents information on the results of the Reasons for Chronic Absenteeism (RCA) Survey for secondary students.

The bill ensures that every district is using the same definition when measuring student absences and requires that all School Report Cards include data on chronic absenteeism so that the public can be apprised of whether schools in their communities are struggling with too many students missing too much school.

The report draws on the analysis by Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center of the number of schools in the U.S. that have extreme and high levels of chronic absenteeism.

In the first instance, chronic absenteeism appears on a list of metrics (page 47) that must be included on report cards that states submit to the federal government.

ESSA also requires states to report chronic absence data and allows federal spending on training to reduce absenteeism.

States will be required to report chronic absenteeism rates for schools, and school districts will be allowed to spend federal dollars on training to reduce absenteeism, under a sweeping education bill signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 10.

«The calculation of chronic absenteeism is dependent on two factors: the definition of a daily absence and the number of days or share of days that a student must be absent in order to be deemed chronically absent,» the report said.

One new requirement is that states report chronic absence data, and the law allows federal spending on training to reduce absenteeism.

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Their comments echoed what we learned in preparing our October 2017 report on Newark's high school chronic absenteeism — caring adults in the school building make a big difference in student attendance patterns and school engagement.

Focusing on the parents is the wrong approach, the report concluded, because abuse and parental neglect are rarely the causes of chronic absenteeism, which is more often tied to negatives at school itself.

This article reports on three studies about how to deal with chronic absenteeism and getting students to attend school.

The report on which this brief is based describes how schools can use measures of students» social - emotional competencies, school climate, and related outcomes, such as suspension rates and chronic absenteeism, to inform their practice.