Summary of Findings
The preceding slides confirm much of what research has suggested on the relevant indicators for attendance in middle school. For Roger Williams Middle School students:
- Prior chronic absenteeism precedes almost 71% of students who were chronically absent in the 2010-11 school year
- Only 12% of students chronically absent students are proficient on Math NECAP.
- 35% of chronically absent students at Roger Williams had received one or more suspensions
- Chronically absent students had experienced high mobility at nearly twice the rate of their better attending peers.
Some of the prioritized indicators from the Bailey story, however, didn’t apply as well to students at Roger Williams. With a high overall percentage of students receiving free-or reduced lunch, poverty status was not able to accurately distinguish absentee students from regular attendees.
