Integers
In an 180 day school year, students should strive to remain under this number of absences to end the year with 95% attendance
Three lates does not add up to one of these
What is an absence
This percentage of 9th graders with fewer then 5 absences graduated high school on time
What is 90%
This excuse code was frequently used to denote students without technology access during virtual learning, it can continue to be used to excuse absences admin determine outside the family's control
What is 01-other urgent
For SDP's 21-22 District Wide Survey, parents reported challenges with _______ as their greatest barrier to student attendance
What is SDP transportation (yellow bus)
After this many unexcused absences the c-31 letter should be issued
What is 3
Schools are required to accept and deem valid an unlimited number of these (hint: these should not be submitted for absences of 3+ consecutive days)
What is "handwritten" notes (aka non-professional / parent composed notes)
Nationwide, research shows that 9th graders with less then 80% attendance in the fall months are likely to end the year with no more then _____ attendance
What is 80%
At schools with Scholarchip, if a student swipes in but no teacher save a manual attendance entry, then the student's record will reflect the days as a ____________
What is present
In SDP, Star data demonstrates that Kindergarteners who attend more days of school are likely to be able to do this by the end of the year
What is read on grade level
At this number of unexcused absences, students can be referred to truancy court
What is 10
Truancy court referrals never result in a truancy court hearing within the same ___________ they were submitted
What is school year
Research shows, Only ________% of 9th graders who miss 35 to 39 days in their 9th grade year are will go on to graduate high school
What is 40%
The EWI report shows all enrolled students, their last year's attendance, current attendance, El/IEP status, RTI plans, and academic progress (and more!) all in one place. This report can be pull from which data system?
What is Schoolnet
In SDP, Kindergartens who are _________ are likely to continue the pattern in later grades (hint what is the term for having 36 or more absences in a year)
What is chronically absent (<80% of days)
Families of students under this age may request to withdraw from Kindergarten
what is 6 (aka they need to still be 5)
It's been rumored that only this job title/building role can be an Attendance Designee
Who are School Counselors
This percentage of Kindergarteners who attend 95% of school days are able to read at grade level by year end
What is 66%
It is especially important to record attendance accurately during this, often 10 day, time period at the start of each year
What is Enrollment Verification
In SDP, students who attend regularly are more likely to read on grade level by end of 3rd grade. And, students who can read by end of 3rd grade are 4 times more likely to _________
What is complete high school / graduate
Schools may deem excuse notes as invalid if submitted after this many days of returning from school
what is 3
Previously termed "AOR", this procedure (no longer in practice!) allowed students with 10 consecutive absences to be ________
What is withdrawn (aka dropped from roll)
Students who scored advanced on the 3rd grade ELA PSSA has an average daily attendance (ADA) of __________ (for comparison, students who scored below basic had an ADA of 92%)
what is 97%
Students who are hospitalized or in a partial/residential treatment facility for more than this many days should be withdrawn
What is 30 days
Controlling for student demographics and prior reading levels, in SDP a 1% increase in _________ is associated with a 5% increase of scoring proficient on 3rd grade ELA PSSA
What is ADA (average daily attendance)