Close to a third of U.S. students are chronically missing school, with around two-thirds of students suffering under the 'peer effects' of absenteeism.
FILE - An empty elementary school classroom is seen on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York. Close to a third of U.S. students are chronically missing school, with around two-thirds of students suffering under the "peer effects" of absenteeism.analyzed new data from the U.S. Department of Education that shows 66% of students attend a school with high or extreme levels of chronic absenteeism.
They have to juggle catching students up after missed time with keeping other students engaged in new material.The Department of Education shows math and reading scores dropped between 2019 and 2022, andbetween increases in student absenteeism and declines in NAEP scores.” “This is going to require an all-hands-on-deck solution,” Chang said. “We won't get all hands on deck if we put our heads in the sand and don't recognize how much this issue is affecting all the kids in our country.”
A school has a high level of chronic absenteeism when at least 20% of its students are missing regular class time.And 66% of the nation’s schools suffer from high or extreme levels of chronic absenteeism.But some young people also suffered trauma, including the loss of a loved one to COVID-19.Some students emerged from the pandemic with elevated levels of anxiety.may have made it harder to forge teacher-to-student connections in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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