California’s low-income, black and disabled students are more likely to miss school frequently, which can be linked to future achievement gaps and dropout rates, according to a report released Monday.
The national report by Attendance Works found that chronic absenteeism is often the result of a student’s health problems, such as asthma, and absenteeism is often as prevalent among young children as it is among teenagers. At least 10 percent of kindergartners and 1st graders miss nearly a month of class in a school year, according to the report.
Researchers generally define chronic absenteeism as missing 10 percent of the school year, but states often have their own definitions.
[For more of this story, written by Sarah Tully, go to http://edsource.org/2015/repor...ool-more-often/85917]
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