During the past month I have spent a lot of time looking at our students’ scores on last year’s state standardized tests. In an effort to identify what may contribute to some students not scoring proficient, I have looked at the scores from several angles. One of these angles is student attendance. Not surprisingly, those students who miss a lot of school tend to do less well on the tests than those students who have a high attendance rate. The graph shown below illustrates this (click on it for a better view). Although I cannot definitively state that poor attendance leads to lower test scores, there is ample evidence to suggest that this is the case.
Students miss school for a variety of reasons, many of which are beyond their control. It is critical however, that our students’ parents do all that they can to ensure that that their child is at school each day. Last year 485 of our students did not miss a day of school. Let’s salute this group and do all that we can to make sure our students’ attendance rate is at least 90%.
Student Attendance
During the past month I have spent a lot of time looking at our students’ scores on last year’s state standardized tests. In an effort to identify what may contribute to some students not scoring proficient, I have looked at the scores from several angles. One of these angles is student attendance. Not surprisingly, those students who miss a lot of school tend to do less well on the tests than those students who have a high attendance rate. The graph shown below illustrates this (click on it for a better view). Although I cannot definitively state that poor attendance leads to lower test scores, there is ample evidence to suggest that this is the case.
Students miss school for a variety of reasons, many of which are beyond their control. It is critical however, that our students’ parents do all that they can to ensure that that their child is at school each day. Last year 485 of our students did not miss a day of school. Let’s salute this group and do all that we can to make sure our students’ attendance rate is at least 90%.