Absenteeism | Attendance
NYSED Resource
Attendance - Pupil Personnel Services
Provides information on student, parent and school and responsibilities in school attendance, the content of pupil attendance records, the identification of problems and initiation of appropriate actions for improvement and the development of school attendance policy.
Other Resources
Every Student Present
NYS Council on Children and Families provides resource materials for parents and school staff on school attendance. Information is available on Chronic Absenteeism, including Awareness, Engagement, Recognition, Data and Monitoring, and Interventions and Supports.
Attendance Works
National and state initiative that promotes tracking chronic absence data and partnering with families and community agencies to intervene when poor attendance is a problem for students or schools.
Chronic Absence Calculator
Attendance Works has partnered with Applied Survey Research to develop free self-calculating spreadsheets for school districts to track attendance. These tools are especially effective for smaller districts with more limited data capacity. The companion tools are the School Attendance Tracking Tools (SATTs) which provide school-level analysis down to the individual student level.
Supporting Student Attendance and Engagement
The United States Department of Education resources for supporting schools, districts, and states to promote regular school attendance and enhance family and student engagement as a focal point of support student achievement. Also provides grant program information and technical assistance resources.
Healthy Schools Campaign
Provides a toolkit that focuses on preparing educators and school district decision-makers with knowledge and practical guidance for creating meaningful change to address health-related chronic absenteeism.
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