Below is a list of research related to attendance
The reports on this page are listed alphabetically and examine the issue of chronic absence nationwide and in selected communities. Use the search box to find research using the author name. See the early education, elementary, secondary and other research categories on the right. To submit new research, please contact us.
School Attendance Following Receipt of Care From a School-Based Health Center
Lim C, Chung PJ, Biely C, Jackson NJ, Puffer M, Zepeda A, Anton P, Leifheit KM, Dudovitz R. Journal of Adolescent Health. Located within schools, School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) provide a variety of essential health services to students, families and community members. This study found that SBHC utilization correlates to improved school attendance over time, particularly for students receiving mental…
All Hands on Deck: Today’s Chronic Absence Requires A Comprehensive District Response and Strategy
All Hands on Deck: Today’s Chronic Absenteeism Requires A Comprehensive District Response and Strategy, by Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University. A deeper look into national data for the 2021-22 school year highlights how chronic absence directly affects students from all backgrounds. The analysis offers recommendations for district and state action and lists four proven strategies…
Rising Tide of Chronic Absence Challenges Schools
Rising Tide of Chronic Absence Challenges Schools, by Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University. This analysis of national data for the 2021-22 school year, released by the U.S. Department of Education, shows striking findings at the school level: two-thirds (66%) of enrolled students attended a school with high or extreme levels of chronic absence. Nationally, 14.7 million…
Monitoring Data Matters Even More: A Review of State Attendance Data Policy and Practice in School Year 2022-23
Monitoring Data Matters Even More: A Review of State Attendance Data Policy and Practice in School Year 2022-23, by Attendance Works. States can play an essential guiding role in the collection, use and public availability of attendance and chronic absence data. While reporting chronic absence on state report cards is required by the federal government, how that data is reported…
Exposure to Free School Meals in Kindergarten Has Lasting Positive Effects on Students’ Attendance
Trajkovski, Samantha and Amy Ellen Schwartz. Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Students receiving universal free meals in kindergarten are less likely to miss school than those receiving them later. This disparity shrinks but persists through grade three.
School-Based Healthcare and Absenteeism: Evidence From Telemedicine
Komisarow, Sarah and Steven W. Hemelt. Annenberg Institute at Brown University. Studying three rural North Carolina districts, researchers find that access to school-based telemedicine clinics reduces the likelihood that a student is chronically absent by 29% and reduces the number of days absent by about 10%.
Feasibility Assessment of a School Nurse-Led Approach Using Chronic Absenteeism to Establish the School-Based Active Surveillance Process
Maughan, Erin D., and Mary E. Thompson. Journal of School Nursing. School nurses used a school-based active surveillance pilot to track chronic absenteeism and found that it helped them to identify students who needed additional outreach and ask specific questions to determine the root cause of a concern that was impacting students’ education.