Student attendance and academic achievement: A research note
Tags: SCHOOL attendance; ACADEMIC achievement
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Comments on the need to encourage school attendance to increase levels of academic achievement in the United States. Studies indicating the correlation between the two factors; Cases in various cities illustrating the importance of school attendance to higher achievement levels.
- Inequalities in Mexican Children's Schooling. Ter�n Rocha, Marta Mier Y; Romero, Cecilia Rabell // Journal of Comparative Family Studies;Summer2003, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p415
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- ABSENTEEISM. BRENNEMAN, ROSS // Education Week;5/25/2011, Vol. 30 Issue 32, p5
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- Raising School Attendance. // Education Digest;Feb2002, Vol. 67 Issue 6, p54
Discusses the methods that teachers could use in improving the attendance rate of students. Attendance patterns in class; Impact of absenteeism on academic performance; Importance of informing parents about the attendance policy of schools.
- School Absenteeism Among Children and its Correlates: A Predictive Model for Identifying Absentees. UPPAL, PREENA; PAUL, PREMILA; SREENIVAS, V. // Indian Pediatrics;Nov2010, Vol. 47 Issue 11, p925
Objectives: To determine the magnitude of absenteeism and its correlates and to develop a model to predict absenteeism in school children. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Three government schools in Delhi. Participants: 704 students, aged 10 to 15 years. Methods: Students were...
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The article recognizes several elementary students for excelling in their education including Tyree Burke for acquiring perfect attendance for the first semester, Wilbur Oatman for obtaining a 3.5 grade point average and Jessica Kirskey for making it at the honor roll at Wes ton-McEwen High...
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Examines the role of nutrition for school-aged children on a range of measures of school performance. Relationship between poor nutritional status and late enrollment, poor cognition, classroom behavioral issues, poor school achievement, and increased drop-out rates from school. Benefits of...
