Attendance Is Important

Negative impacts on education are seen after students miss​ ​__ days per month on average.

• 7

• 5

• 10

• 2

Answer explanation

The academic impact of missing that much school is the same whether the absences are excused or unexcused.

Missing school in the first month of the school year is a predictor of future poor attendance.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school

Out of almost 50 million U.S. students, how many miss nearly a month of school each year?

• 3 million

• 100,000

• 7 million

• 20 million

Too many absences only affect students in middle and high school.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Absenteeism and its ill effects start early. One in 10 kindergarten and first grade students are chronically absent.

Early poor attendance can affect the following things:

• How well a student can read and write

• Whether a student is held back in 3rd grade

• Future chronic absences

• All of the above

At what grade does chronic absence become a leading indicator that a student will drop out?

• 5th

• 6th

• 9th

• 10th

Students who live in communities with high levels of poverty are 4 times more likely to be chronically absent than others.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This is often for reasons beyond their control, such as unstable housing, unreliable transportation and a lack of access to health care.

When students improve their attendance rates, it has little to no impact on their academic prospects and chances for graduating.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating