Integers
Rumor has it...wrong
Percentages (price is right rulez)
Coding and Reporting
Stats, Data, Phindings
100

In an 180 day school year, students should strive to remain under this number of absences to end the year with 95% attendance

What is 9
100

Three lates does not add up to one of these

What is an absence

100

This percentage of 9th graders with fewer then 5 absences graduated high school on time

What is 90%  

100

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

100

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)

200

After this many unexcused absences the c-31 letter should be issued

What is 3

200

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)

200

 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%

200

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

200

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

300

At this number of unexcused absences, students can be referred to truancy court

What is 10

300

Truancy court referrals never result in a truancy court hearing within the same ___________ they were submitted

What is school year

300

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%

300

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

300

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)

400

Families of students under this age may request to withdraw from Kindergarten

what is 6 (aka they need to still be 5)

400

It's been rumored that only this job title/building role can be an Attendance Designee

Who are School Counselors

400

This percentage of Kindergarteners who attend 95% of school days are able to read at grade level by year end

What is 66% 

400

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

400

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 

500

Schools may deem excuse notes as invalid if submitted after this many days of returning from school 

what is 3

500

Previously termed "AOR", this procedure (no longer in practice!) allowed students with 10 consecutive absences to be ________ 

What is withdrawn (aka dropped from roll)

500

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% 

500

Students who are hospitalized or in a partial/residential treatment facility for more than this many days should be withdrawn

What is 30 days

500

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)