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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Attendance Counts - Boost Attendance

Attendance Counts - Boost Attendance:

Attendance Counts



Students who miss 18 or more days in a school year – just 10% – are considered chronically absent, which can hurt their academic achievement and put them at-risk of dropping out. Students who attend school regularly are more likely than students who are chronically absent to:
  • Graduate and go on to college
  • Score higher on standardized tests
  • Learn to read well by the critical 3rd grade milestone
  • Be more engaged in school, feel better about themselves and are less likely to be depressed
  • Build good habits for school and life (How many employers will tolerate a worker who misses 10 percent of work days?)
  • Break the cycle of poverty
- See more at: http://www.boostattendance.org/attendancecounts/#sthash.vuPe2Vfz.dpuf