Reducing Student Absenteeism in the Early Grades by Targeting Parental Beliefs

Autor/inn/en	Robinson, Carly D.; Lee, Monica G.; Dearing, Eric; Rogers, Todd
Titel	Reducing Student Absenteeism in the Early Grades by Targeting Parental Beliefs
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 55 (2018) 6, S.1163-1192 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Robinson, Carly D.) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831218772274
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Attendance Patterns; Intervention; Parent Attitudes; Parent Participation; Program Effectiveness; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternverhalten; Elternmitwirkung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes. Despite this well-documented association, there is little experimental research on how to reduce absenteeism in the early grades. This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment in 10 school districts evaluating the impact of a low-cost, parent-focused intervention on student attendance in grades K-5. The intervention targeted commonly held parental misbeliefs undervaluing the importance of regular K-5 attendance as well as the number of school days their child had missed. The intervention decreased chronic absenteeism by 15%. This study presents the first experimental evidence on how to improve student attendance in grades K-5 at scale and has implications for increasing parental involvement in education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01