Monitoring Who Is Missing Too Much School: A Review of State Policy and Practice in School Year 2021-22. A Policy Brief

Autor/in	Chang, Hedy N.
Institution	Attendance Works
Titel	Monitoring Who Is Missing Too Much School: A Review of State Policy and Practice in School Year 2021-22. A Policy Brief
Quelle	(2022), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attendance; State Policy; COVID-19; Pandemics; Data Collection; Distance Education; Data Use; Access to Information; Elementary Secondary Education; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Data capture; Datensammlung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; USA
Abstract	This brief examines how state policies and practices continue to evolve in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on data provided by 45 states plus the District of Columbia as of early May 2022. The brief updates our 2021 report, "Are Students Present and Accounted For? An Examination of State Attendance Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic." The findings reveal several positive developments. Most states now offer multiple modes of learning: in-person, long-term distance and short-term distance during quarantine. Nearly all require taking attendance daily across all instructional modes, a substantial increase from last year, when daily attendance was required in just 31 states and the District of Columbia. A substantial number of states collect data by learning mode. The majority of states are publishing chronic absence data for the 2020-21 school year. And disaggregated chronic absence data is more publicly available than ever before. On the downside, what defines a day of attendance continues to vary. As a result, comparing data within and across states can be challenging. This brief also explores promising emerging practices in state attendance policy and practice. Every state in the country has schools and districts experiencing significant chronic absenteeism. Making this data publicly available is an invaluable tool, not only for identifying which student groups need additional support, but also to help detect when improvements in collection are needed to make sure the data is consistent and meaningful. [Support for this brief was provided by The Patterson Foundation. For the 2021 publication, "Are Students Present and Accounted For? An Examination of State Attendance Policies during the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Policy Brief," see ED616647.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Attendance Works. 200 Granville Way, San Francisco, CA 94127. e-mail: info@attendanceworks.org; Web site: http://www.attendanceworks.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01