High Levels of Chronic Absence Affect All Kids, Not Just Those Missing School

“Recent studies show that when chronic absence reaches high levels, it has spillover effects dragging down the math and reading scores of even those classmates who aren’t missing too much school.”

Comment: I can attest to the fact that when a large number of students are absent, as in a “rainy day” the teacher continues teaching but will have to re-teach those student who were absent. In a chronic absenteeism classroom, the consequences of missed lessons are greater and the potential is there for regularly attending students slipping into chronic absenteeism.

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