WorksheetsChronic Absenteeism Quiz
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Chronic Absenteeism is defined as...
Poor school attendance + Declining academic performance
Missing 10 or more days in a school year
Missing at least 10 percent of days in a school year for any reason
By middle school, absenteeism is one of the three signs that a student may drop out of high school
True
False
Students who miss 2-4 days in the first month of school are (a) more likely to be chronically absent.
9th grade attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates than 8th grade test scores.
True
False
Suspensions do not count as absences.
True
False
Factors impacting attendance include:
Barriers keeping students out of school.
Avoidance of something at or/in transit to school.
Disengagement/not seeing connection between attendance &important outcomes.
Operating on incomplete information about extent of absences or its impact.
All of the above
Excused absences are not calculated in chronic absenteeism
True
False
