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Chronic Absenteeism: Measuring Impact, Owning the Problem, Improving Policies, and Seeing Change

Sun, April 11, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (10:40am to 12:10pm EDT), Division L, Division L - Section 5 Paper and Symposium Sessions

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Chronic absenteeism has become an important accountability indicator for schools and districts since its introduction as ESSA’s “fifth indicator” in 2015. This symposium will provide a wide view of how states, districts and researchers are looking at chronic absenteeism in new ways across the country, from the continuous improvement of data collection and data analysis to examining education policies that have significantly improved student attendance. The symposium participants will also discuss how research has changed in recent years and how policy needs to evolve as we see the effects of its preliminary implementation under ESSA.

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