Attendance & School Engagement (Virginia Department of Education, VDOE) and Attendance Works Resources

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Attendance & School Engagement (VDOE)

Attendance has been increasingly the focus of attention among school divisions and educators. Regular attendance impacts a student’s success:

  • Chronic absenteeism correlates to low academic achievement;
  • Absenteeism is a powerful predictor of dropout rates;
  • Absenteeism has been linked to poor outcomes later in life.

Attendance Works

As a non-profit initiative, Attendance Works collaborates with schools, districts, states, communities and organizations to ensure that everyone recognizes that chronic absence is a serious issue that can be addressed using a positive, problem-solving approach grounded in an understanding of educational inequities.

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