Chronic absence, eighth-grade achievement, and high school attainment in the Chicago Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: Although not as commonly reported as average daily attendance, chronic absence data may be of significant importance for understanding student success. Using data from 1148 participants in the Chicago Longitudinal Study, we assessed the associations of chronic absence in the early middle grades, grades fourth through sixth, with eighth-grade achievement and three measures of high school attainment including four-year graduation by diploma, graduation by diploma by age 21, and any high school completion by age 21. The rate of chronic absenteeism, defined here as students missing approximately 14days of school or more in a year, was 15%. Using Ordinary Least Squares, probit regression, and inverse-probability-weighting regression-adjustment methods (IPWRA), results indicated that chronic abs

SUBMITTER: Smerillo NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6047866 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature