Attendance in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten is important, and early-grade chronic absenteeism has identifiable risk factors¶

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q1 i? Attendance in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten matters for young learners, and schools can act on identified risk factors for chronic absenteeism in the early grades. → Martha Bleeker 2019

Evidence¶

Martha Bleeker 2019¶

Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi, and Felicia Hurwitz. (2019). Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey's Youngest Learners: Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: Risk Factors and What Schools Can Do. Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/mid-atlantic

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The source is a fact sheet for schools produced for Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, described as covering "the importance of attendance in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten and the risk factors" for chronic absenteeism. No effect sizes or study statistics are printed in the available text.

"Fact sheet for schools on the importance of attendance in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten and the risk factors."

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