Traditionally, education policy focuses on reforms that address class size, teaching and
learning within classrooms, school choice, and changes in leadership as ways to improve …

In Absent from School, Gottfried and Hutt offer a comprehensive and timely resource for
educators and policy makers seeking to understand the scope, impact, and causes of …

Students with low attendance miss important learning and developmental opportunities and
research has shown that they are at heightened risk of negative outcomes. Although there is …

A broader understanding of the importance of student behaviors and school climate as
drivers of academic performance and the wider acceptance that schools have a role in …

Educators and policymakers have become increasingly concerned about the issue of
student absenteeism in general and, in particular, chronic absenteeism. This is because …

Abstract The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; 2015) requires states to broaden school
accountability beyond achievement on standardized tests and high school graduation rates …

Three years ago, following a report about the pervasiveness of chronic absenteeism in New
York City schools, Mayor Michael Bloomberg undertook the nation's most ambitious effort to …

Recent policy dialogue suggests that chronic absenteeism is not only underdocumented, but
is also detrimental to the success of students as early as kindergarten. That said, almost no …

A basic assumption of the education system is that students regularly attend school.
Students must be present and engaged to learn. However, recent research has called this …

School attendance and school absenteeism have been studied for over a century, leading to
a rich and vast literature base. At the same time, powerful demographic, climate, social …