Nearly all attendance-related text-messaging events were targeted to specific students or subgroups, and nearly a third were sent in a language other than English, mostly Spanish¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Nearly all (99.5 percent) attendance-related text-messaging events were targeted to the parents and guardians of specific students, with only 0.5 percent sent as blast messages. → Lavigne 2021 q2 i? About 29 percent of attendance-related text messages were sent in Spanish and 1 percent in another language other than English. → 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 the raw platform event log for 2018/19 (table C12). The average targeted event went to 2.8 percent of a school's parents and guardians, equivalent to the parents of 14 students in a school of 500.

"Nearly all (99.5 percent) attendance-related text-messaging events were targeted to the parents and guardians of specific students."

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

Descriptive analysis of message language in the platform data (figure 7). Other languages included Arabic, Haitian Creole, and Kiswahili, each about 0.25 percent of attendance-related text messages.

"About 29 percent of attendance-related text messages were sent in Spanish, and 1 percent were sent in another language other than English (figure 7)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• During 2018/19, attendance-related text messaging increased more quickly in schools where chronic absenteeism decreased than in schools where it increased, where use remained flat — 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
• Existing MLL-focused edtech overwhelmingly offers English and Spanish, with a third offering only those two languages — related
• A coordinated communication campaign in Texas was followed by nearly 1 million families logging into the assessment portal — related
• Translation features in mobile apps enabled direct communication between educators and parents who speak languages other than English — related