The Impact of Nudge Letters on Improving Attendance in an Urban District

Autor/inn/en	Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kelli; Cruz, Anna; Mac Iver, Douglas J.
Titel	The Impact of Nudge Letters on Improving Attendance in an Urban District
Quelle	(2020), (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Letters (Correspondence); Parent Participation; Attendance; Urban Schools; School Districts; Middle School Students; Program Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education; Elementary School Students; High School Students; Washington (Seattle) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Brief; Elternmitwirkung; Anwesenheit; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin
Abstract	This study evaluates a "nudge letter" to parents intervention designed to reduce chronic absenteeism among students in one urban district. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD), it estimates the impact of the intervention on improving student attendance. The forcing variable for the RDD was 2016-17 attendance rate, with a "threshold" of a 0.90 attendance rate (missing 10% of days). Analyses established demographic equivalence of students in the 0.88 to 0.92 baseline attendance bandwidth. Although the overall impact of the intervention on attendance change between Fall 2016 and Fall 2017 (first-quarter attendance) was small and non-significant (ES 0.09, p=0.20), the effect size for middle school students (0.34, p=0.044) was "substantively important" by What Works Clearinghouse standards. The effect of the intervention on the full year's attendance rate was not significant. [This paper will be published in "Education and Urban Society."] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01