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HarnessingYourResourcesto ImproveAttendance
ThroughSchool,FamilyandCommunityCollaborations
December6,2017
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Positive Engagement:Uses caring relationships, effective messaging and a positive school climate to motivate daily attendance.
Actionable Data:Is accurate, accessible, and regularly reported in an understandable format.
Shared Accountability:Ensures chronic absence ismonitoring & reinforced bypolicy
Capacity BuildingExpands ability to work together to interpret data, engage in problem solving,and adopt best practices to improve attendance.
Strategic Partnerships between district and communitypartners address specificattendance barriers and mobilize support for all ingredients
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ActionableData:ChronicAbsence(CA)
Suspension
ImportantDifferences-
• Truancy =unexcusedabsences(s.1003.26(b),F.S.)• AverageDailyAttendance=howmanystudentsshowupeachday• ChronicAbsence=missingsomuchschoolforanyreasonthata
studentisacademicallyat-risk-missing10%ormoreofschool
ExcusedAbsences + Unexcused
Absences+ Chronic
Absence
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AverageDailyAttendanceCanMaskHighPercentagesofCA
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PrevalenceofChronicAbsenteeism• Based on national research, conservative
estimates:• 10% of US students miss 21+ days of school per
year• 14-15% of US students miss 18+ days of school per
year
5-7.5 million students each year!!
• 13/14 OCR data found 6.8 million students missed 15+ days of school
Balfanz&Byrnes,2012;U.S.DepartmentofEducation,OfficeforCivilRights,2016
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EasytoOverlookPatternsofChronicAbsenceinIndividualStudents
GetSchooledInteractivewebpage:
https://getschooled.com/dashboard/tool/343-attendance-counts?type=tool
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PrevalenceofCAinFL
• AccordingtodatareportedtoFLDOEduringthe2015/2016schoolyear,10.10%ofK-12studentswereabsent21+days
318,787 students- anincreasefrom
304,060studentsin14/15
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2015-16 Chronic Absenteeism Rates
Source:EducationInformationandAccountabilityServices,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
0 – 9.9%
10% – 14.9%
15% – 19.9%
20% – 30+%
Statewide Average 10.10%
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PatternsinChronicAbsenceAcrosstheGradeLevels
• RatestypicallydropafterKindergartenthrough5th
• Risesignificantlyinmiddleandhighschool
Balfanz&Byrnes,2012
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ChronicAbsenteeismbyDemographics
Balfanz&Byrnes,2012
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2015-16 SWD Chronic Absenteeism Rates
Source:EducationInformationandAccountabilityServices,FloridaDepartmentofEducation
0 – 9.9%
10% – 14.9%
15% – 19.9%
20% – 30+%
Statewide Average 15.05%
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ImpactofChronicAbsenceDuringEarlyYears
AttendanceWorks,2016
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DoesKindergartenReallyCount?
StudentswhoexperiencechronicabsenceinKindergartenhave:
• Loweracademicperformancein1st Grade
• Lowerreadingandmathproficiencyin3rd grade
• Weaksocialandacademicskillstohelpthestudentengageinlearning
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ChronicEarlyAbsenceConnectedtoPoorLong-termAcademicOutcomes
Chronicabsenceinkindergarten
Lowerlevelsofliteracyinfirst
grade
Lowerachievementasfaroutasfifth
grade
ARhodeIslandDataHubanalysisfoundthatcomparedtokindergartnerswhoattendedregularly,thosechronicallyabsent:
• Scored20%lowerinreadingandmathinlatergradesandgapgrows• 2X aslikelytoberetained ingrade• 2X likelytobesuspended bytheendof7th grade• Likelytocontinuebeingchronicallyabsent
NationalStudentAttendance,Engagement,andSuccessCenter(NSAESC)VirtualNationalConvening,2017
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NationalStudentAttendance,Engagement,andSuccessCenter(NSAESC)VirtualNationalConvening,2017
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Center(NSAESC)VirtualNationalConvening,2017
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Beinginschoolonaregularbasis……drivesstudentsuccess
üExposuretoLanguage:Startinginpre-K,attendanceequalsexposuretolanguage-richenvironments
üTimeonTaskinClass:Studentonlybenefitfromclassroominstructioniftheyareinclass
üOntrackforSuccess:Chronicabsenceisaprovenearlywarningsignalthatastudentisbehindinreadingby3rd grade,failingcourseinmiddleandhighschool,andlikelytodropout
üCollegeandCareerReady:Cultivatingthehabitofregularattendancehelpstudentsdevelopthepersistenceneededtoshowupeverydayforcollegeandwork.
üEngagement:AttendancereflectsengagementinlearningüEffectivePractice:Schools,communities,andfamiliescanimproveattendancewhentheyworktogether.
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Proposed Reasons for Chronic Absenteeism
Barriers/Can’t Aversions/Won’t
Disengagement/Don’t
Something prevents
them from attending
(illness, transportation, child care
or family obligations)
Avoidance of interactions or
events at school (affective or perceptions
physical/psychological safety issues,
school climate, stress)
Would rather be
somewhere else, do not
make the effort to
attend school and/or do not see the value
in school Balfanz&Byrnes,2012
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Florida’sEarlyWarningIndicatorsGradesK-8(1001.42F.S.)
Indicator ThresholdAttendance Studentmissed10%ormoreofschool
days(absences,OSS)
Behavior Oneormoresuspensions(ISSorOSS)
CoursePerformance • CoursefailureinELAormath(anygradingperiod)
• Level1statewidestandardizedassessmentELAandMath
• K-3substantialreadingdeficiencys.1008.25(5)(a)
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Remembering Why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuUHrx2SOY4
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BestPractices:CommunityEngagement
• BaltimoreCitySchoolsandalocalnon- profitorganization,Eleve8,providedfundingforanAsthmaClinicin3schools.Attendanceimprovedby30%!
• TheNewYorktransitauthorityprovidedfreebuspassestoparentswithschool-agedchildren
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BestPractices:CommunityEngagement
• Communityoutreachandmessagingontheimportanceofattendance
• AbsencesAddUp!• http://absencesaddup.org/the-campaign
• Engagecommunitypartnersinproblemsolvingtoassistindevelopingandimplementinginterventionstobreakdownbarrierstoschoolattendance
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BestPractices:PositiveEngagement
PittsburghPublicSchools• Schoolwideattendanceinitiatives
• BeThereCampaign
OaklandUnifiedSchools• ‘I'mIn’Project
• Sendaletteremphasizingwhatthechildismissinginschool
• Offerassistancetoparentstoensurethechildisinschool.
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RESOURCES
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HowDoWeAddressCA?
CollectDatatoAnalyzethe“Why”ofCA-forGroupsofStudentsPrioritizeResources
ImplementInterventionstoAddressthe“Why”:Health,Transportation,Social/Emotional,SchoolClimate
MonitorEffectivenessofInterventions(EWS:Attendance,Grades,Graduation)
Attendance/CAGoalsConsistentAttendanceCollection(ClassroomProcedures)and
Monitoring(EWS)MessagingtoAllStakeholdersRe:Absences/AttendanceGoals
Policy/PracticeAnalysisRecognition/CelebrationofGood/ImprovedAttendance
HealthPromotionStrategies
ALL
SOME
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CollectDatatoAnalyzethe“Why” ofCA-forIndividualStudentsImplementInterventionstoAddressthe“Why”:Health,Transportation,Social/Emotional,SchoolClimateConsiderWrap-AroundSupportsMonitorEffectivenessofInterventions(EWS:Attendance,Grades,Graduation
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ToolsforSelf-ReflectionSchool-Level• http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/School-Self-Assessment-Tool-revised-August-2014.pdf
District-Level• http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Community-Self-Assess-1-pager-April-15-Revised-2013-.pdf
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StrategicPartnerships
http://www.ncset.org/publications/essentialtools/mapping/NCSET_EssentialTools_ResourceMapping.pdf
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ToolsforAnalyzingYourData• http://www.attendanceworks.org/tools/tools-for-calculating-chronic-absence/
• http://www.attendanceworks.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DATT-and-SATT-flyer-8.16.16Final.pdf
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ToolsforAnalyzingYourData:RCA
• http://www.floridarti.usf.edu/resources/topic/chronic_absenteeism/index.html
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ToolsforMessaging:AttendanceWorks&NudgeLetters
http://awareness.attendanceworks.org/resources/count-us-toolkit-2017/
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/absent-students-schools-attendance-nudge-letters/
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BestPractices:CommunityEngagement
• Communityoutreachandmessagingontheimportanceofattendance
• AbsencesAddUp!• http://absencesaddup.org/the-campaign
• Engagecommunitypartnersinproblemsolvingtoassistindevelopingandimplementinginterventionstobreakdownbarrierstoschoolattendance
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PositiveEngagement
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/protective/pdf/connectedness.pdf
TableDiscussion:Planning
• ActionableData• PositiveEngagement• CapacityBuilding• SharedAccountability• StrategicPartnerships
NextSteps….
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ActionPlanActivity
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ContactInformationIrisWilliamsSocialWorkConsultant [email protected]
AmberBrundage CoordinatorResearch&[email protected]
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Jose M. CastilloInstitute for School Reform [email protected]
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AdditionalReadingsAllensworth,E.M.,&Easton,J.Q.(2005).Theon-trackindicatorasapredictorofhigh
schoolgraduation.ConsortiumonChicagoSchoolResearch,UniversityofChicago.Retrievedfromhttp://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/p78.pdf
Allensworth,E.M.,&Easton,J.Q.(2007).WhatmattersforstayingontrackandgraduatinginChicagopublichighschools. ConsortiumonChicagoSchoolResearch,UniversityofChicago.Retrievedfromhttp://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/07%20What%20Matters%20Final.pdf
Allesnworth,E.M.,Gwynne,J.A.,Moore,P.,&delaTorre,M.(2014).LookingforwardtohighschoolandcollegeMiddlegradesindicatorsofreadinessinChicagopublicschools.ConsortiumonChicagoSchoolResearch,UniversityofChicago.Retrievedfromhttps://ccsr.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/Middle%20Grades%20Report.pdf
Balfanz,R.,&Byrnes,V.(2012).ChronicAbsenteeism:SummarizingWhatWeKnowFromNationallyAvailableData. Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsUniversityCenterforSocialOrganizationofSchools.
Balfanz,R.,Herzog,L.,MacIver,D.,(2007).Preventingstudentdisengagementandkeepingstudentsonthegraduationpathinurbanmiddle-gradesschools:Earlyidentificationandeffectiveinterventions. EducationalPsychologist,42(4),223-235.
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AdditionalReadingsContinuedChang,HedyN.&Romero,Mariajosé2008.Present,engagedandaccountedforthe
criticalimportanceofaddressingchronicabsenceintheearlygrades.NationalCenterforChildreninPoverty(NCCP):TheMailmanSchoolofPublicHealthatColumbiaUniversity.
Connolly,F.&Olson,L.S.2012.EarlyelementaryperformanceandattendanceinBaltimoreCitySchools’pre-kindergartenandkindergarten.BaltimoreEducationResearchConsortium,Baltimore,MD.
Henderson,T.,Hill,C.&Norton,K.2014.Theconnectionbetweenmissingschoolandhealth:AreviewofchronicabsenteeismandstudenthealthinOregon.UpstreamPublicHealth.
Olson,L.S.,2014.WhySeptembermatters:Improvingstudentattendance.BaltimoreEducationResearchConsortium,Baltimore,MD.Retrievedfrom:http://baltimore-berc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SeptemberAttendanceBriefJuly2014.pdf
Chang,H.,&Balfanz,R.,(2016).Preventingmissedopportunity:Takingcollectiveactiontoconfrontchronicabsence.AttendanceWorksandEveryoneGraduatesCenter.