Part two of the working data story for and with the Providence Mayor's Children and Youth Cabinet. The primary goal of this part of the story is to understand factors affecting attendance in middle school. Our focus school is Roger Williams Middle School.
We continue to frame the attendance data story, such as our examination of Bailey Elementary, using the Social Ecology Model, which promotes the use of research to extend beyond individual characteristics to encompass family, peer, school, and community factors. In this way, the story portrays all the realms in which a child;s well being is influenced, and paints a more accurate picture of the intertwining factors affecting attendance.
Schools can not teach students who are not there. Understanding the degree and nature of low attendance among the youngest students, as well as what they have in common, gives us insight into possible ways of mitigating both the absenteeism and its deleterious effects.
A data story previewing the linkage of data from K-12 to higher education.
