Health is the most commonly reported reason preschool students miss school, with logistical obstacles second, and reasons differ by race/ethnicity¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2019: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? More than half of all days missed in preschool were due to children being sick, and another 18 percent were due to logistical obstacles such as transportation, child care, and family matters. → Ehrlich 2014 q2 i? African American and Latino students missed almost twice as many days due to sickness as white students, and African American students were much more likely to face logistical obstacles getting to school. → Ehrlich 2014 (2)

Evidence¶

Ehrlich 2014¶

Ehrlich, S. B., Gwynne, J. A., Pareja, A. S., Allensworth, E. M., Moore, P., Jagesic, S., & Sorice, E. (2014). Preschool Attendance in Chicago Public Schools: Relationships with Learning Outcomes and Reasons for Absences. UChicago CCSR Research Report. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/preschool-attendance-chicago-public-schools-relationships-learning-outcomes-and-reasons

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Coded attendance logs recorded over a nine-week period documenting reasons for preschool absences; sickness accounted for more than half of missed days and reported logistical obstacles for another 18 percent.

"More than half of all the days missed in preschool were due to children being sick, according to attendance logs recorded over a nine-week period."

Ehrlich 2014 (2)¶

Ehrlich, S. B., Gwynne, J. A., Pareja, A. S., Allensworth, E. M., Moore, P., Jagesic, S., & Sorice, E. (2014). Preschool Attendance in Chicago Public Schools: Relationships with Learning Outcomes and Reasons for Absences. UChicago CCSR Research Report. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/preschool-attendance-chicago-public-schools-relationships-learning-outcomes-and-reasons

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Attendance log data comparing reasons for absence across racial/ethnic groups; the report also finds African American students who encountered logistical struggles each missed more days than white or Latino students with similar struggles.

"African American and Latino students missed almost twice as many days due to sickness than white students, according to attendance log data."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Family circumstances pile up to worsen preschool attendance, and parent beliefs about attendance importance are related to absence rates — related
• Health is the most commonly reported reason preschool children miss school, with more than half of all days missed due to sickness, and logistical obstacles accounting for another 18 percent — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• As family circumstances that strain attendance pile up, preschool attendance gets worse, with children facing no obstacles missing 5.6 percent of school and those facing three or more missing 12.9 percent — related
• Race is more strongly associated with preschool chronic absenteeism than neighborhood poverty; African American students are about twice as likely to be chronically absent — related