Choose and implement proven strategies to improve early-grade attendance¶

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Description¶

The fact sheet's stated approach is to help districts and schools select and carry out strategies with an evidence base for improving attendance among the youngest learners. The page describes it as covering "how to choose and implement and proven strategies" to improve attendance in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, framing strategy selection and implementation as the actionable path for schools addressing chronic absenteeism.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts and schools must select strategies that are proven rather than untested

Constraints¶

• Scoped to attendance improvement in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten

Target Learners¶

• Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improved school attendance in the earliest school years

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi, and Felicia Hurwitz. (2019). Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey's Youngest Learners: Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: How to Choose and Implement Proven Strategies to Improve Attendance. Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/implement-improving-the-school-attendance-of-new-jerseys-youngest-learners-chronic-absenteeism