A New Study Examines the Academic Impact of Chronic Absenteeism in U.S. Public Schools

 

Most U.S. public schools measure students’ average daily attendance for purposes of school report cards and federal accountability. However, according to a May 2012 John Hopkins University Report, schools’ failure to measure chronic absenteeism “can wreak havoc” that “may have already undermined school reform efforts of the past quarter century and negated the positive impact of future efforts.” [More]

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