The most recent federal data show that in the 2020-21 school year, at least 14.7 million students nationwide were chronically absent. This means that chronic absence has almost doubled from the more than 8 million students, pre-Covid-19, who were missing so many days of school that they were academically at risk. Chronic absence — missing 10 percent or more of school days due to absence for any reason—excused, unexcused absences and suspensions—can translate into students having difficu...| Attendance Works
Since we published this post, more states have released 2022-23 school year chronic absence data. Learn more from FutureEd’s Tracking State Trends in Chronic Absenteeism and AEI’s Return2Learn Tracker. A number of states have released chronic absence data for the 2022-23 school year. This emerging data reveals chronic absence remains very high and only decreased …| Attendance Works