Summary of Findings
The previous slides provide information on two high schools- PAIS and Cooley- with all the readily-available data to date. There are still data points we are interested in that are unavailable. These include:
- Teen work employment
- School & community safety
- Transportation
The information gathered in previous stories is reinforced in this data story. Prior absence, prior academic performance, and prior suspensions are all important indicators of high school attendance. ELL status, however, which was thought to be an important factor, did not appear to negatively affect attendance.
In addition, we learned from previous data stories that free- and reduced-lunch (FRL) and special education status (IEP) are not good predictors of chronic absence in Providence public schools and therefore are not highlighted as critical indicators.
