PPSD schools most frequently implemented nudge letters, phone calls, and attendance teams with moderate or high fidelity in 2018/19¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2024: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? About 85 percent of schools used nudge letters with moderate or high fidelity, and phone calls and attendance teams were each used with moderate or high fidelity by 77 percent of schools. → Lavigne 2021 q2 i? Mentorship programs were the least frequently implemented support with moderate or high fidelity (38 percent of schools). → Lavigne 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Lavigne 2021¶

Lavigne, H., Caven, M., Bock, G., Zhang, X., & Braham, E. (2021). Exploring implementation of attendance supports to reduce chronic absenteeism in the Providence Public School District (REL 2021–099). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands. https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/report/descriptive-study/exploring-implementation-attendance-supports-reduce-chronic-absenteeism-providence-public-school

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Descriptive analysis of PPSD-coded fidelity ratings for six attendance supports across 39 schools in 2018/19 (figure 1). The report prints 85 percent for nudge letters and 77 percent each for phone calls and attendance teams, in line with the district's attendance policy requirements.

"About 85 percent of schools in the analytic sample used nudge letters with moderate or high fidelity (figure 1). Phone calls and attendance teams were also frequently used with moderate or high fidelity (by 77 percent of schools)."

Lavigne 2021 (2)¶

Lavigne, H., Caven, M., Bock, G., Zhang, X., & Braham, E. (2021). Exploring implementation of attendance supports to reduce chronic absenteeism in the Providence Public School District (REL 2021–099). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands. https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/report/descriptive-study/exploring-implementation-attendance-supports-reduce-chronic-absenteeism-providence-public-school

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Same descriptive fidelity analysis (figure 1): mentorship programs had the lowest moderate-or-high-fidelity share, printed as 38 percent of the 39 schools. Only 15 percent of schools were assigned a parent engagement specialist due to resource limitations.

"Mentorship programs were less frequently implemented with moderate or high fidelity (38 percent)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Schools in which chronic absenteeism decreased implemented phone calls, mentorship programs, and text messaging with moderate or high fidelity more frequently than schools in which it increased — related
• Secondary schools, especially those with higher chronic absenteeism rates, used attendance-related text messaging more than elementary schools, suggesting use was better predicted by grade configuration than by absenteeism rates — related