High School Absenteeism and College Persistence

Essential Question:
What are the effects of chronic absenteeism in high school on post-secondary persistence and success?

A data story previewing the linkage of data from K-12 to higher education.

Class of 2009: Postsecondary Persistence into Second Semester (Spring 2010)

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Of the 366 students in our cohort of chronically absent graduates who enrolled full-time in RI Public Postsecondary Institutions in Fall 2009, 254 (62%) persisted, full time, into their second semester. Of the graduates with low high school absenteeism, 1,507 (83%) persisted.

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High School Absenteeism and College Persistence

Essential Question: What are the effects of chronic absenteeism in high school on post-secondary persistence and success?

Class of 2009: Postsecondary Persistence into Second Semester (Spring 2010)

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Essential Question:
What are the effects of chronic absenteeism in high school on post-secondary persistence and success?