Daily Attendance Data. Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon Elementary Schools. Part 3 of 4. September 2016. Research Brief Series

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) partnered with 15 elementary schools to obtain and analyze student-level daily attendance records for 6,390 students. Schools ranged in size from just over 100 students to more than 600 students. Geographic locations also varied with 4 schools located in a city, 4 in a suburb, 4 in a town, and 3 in a rural area. In seven schools, more than 50 percent of students were economically disadvantaged in the 2013-14 school year. The following sections of this report highlight the value of closely examining school-level attendance data. The sample includes a diverse selection of schools, the graphs in this brief are provided to give readers different tools to look at their own data rather than thought of as representative of all elementary schools in Oregon. Three themes are depicted in the example graphics: (1) The average number of daily absences significantly varies by month; (2) Students tend to miss days that extend holiday breaks and other scheduled time off; and (3) Schoolwide absence trends vary for chronically absent and not chronically absent students. [For "A Statewide Look at Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism in Elementary Schools in Oregon. Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon Elementary Schools. Part 1 of 4. September 2016. Research Brief Series," see ED578927; For "Connecting Attendance and Academic Outcomes. Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon Elementary Schools. Part 2 of 4. September 2016. Research Brief Series," see ED578928; For "Excused and Unexcused--The Value of Labeling an Absence. Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon Elementary Schools. Part 4 of 4. September 2016. Research Brief Series," see ED578930.]