Evaluating the Relationship Between Student Attendance and Achievement in Urban Elementary and Middle Schools

By Michael A. Gottfried. 2010

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Chronic Absenteeism and Its Effects on Students’ Academic and Socioemotional Outcomes (2014, methodology): “…& Horsey, 1997; Broadhurst, Patron, & May-Chahal, 2005; Chen & Stevenson, 1995; Connell, Spencer, & Aber, 1994; Ekstron, Goertz, Pollack, & Rock, 1986; Finn, 1993; Gottfried, 2009, 2010, 2011; Hallfors et al., 2002; Johnson, 2005; Kane, 2006; Morrissey, Hutchison, & Winsler, 2013; Newmann, 1981).”
Behavioural science and policy: where are we now and where are we going? (2018, result): “We might reasonably expect that school attendance would have a positive impact on grades, as shown in Gottfried (2010)’s analysis of longitudinal data on school attendance and attainment.”
“When” Students Miss School: The Role of Timing of Absenteeism on Students’ Test Performance (2017, methodology): “…(most commonly measured as the overall number of days missed per year) correlates with lower testing performance on state exams (Easton & Engelhard, 1982; Gershenson, Jacknowitz, & Brannegan, 2014; Goodman, 2014; Gottfried, 2009, 2010, 2011b; Moonie, Sterling, Figgs, & Castro, 2008; Roby, 2004).”
Achievement gap: Socioeconomic status affects reading development beyond language and cognition in children facing poverty (2019, background): “While school attendance is positively associated with academic achievement and reading performance (Gottfried, 2010), children raised in families with a low SES are particularly adversely affected by absenteeism (Morrisey, Hutchinson, & Winsler, 2014; Ready, 2010).”
Identifying the Determinants of Chronic Absenteeism: A Bioecological Systems Approach (2017, background): “The negative consequences of chronic absenteeism are pervasive and particularly detrimental for children’s development in early grades, ranging from lowered academic performance (Gottfried, 2010, 2011, in press; Connolly & Olson,”
Assessing the Effect of School Days and Absences on Test Score Performance. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1302. (2014, background): “Notable exceptions include Gershenson, Jacknowitz, and Brannegan (2014), Goodman (2014), and Gottfried (2009; 2010; 2011).19 However, relative to these papers, we are able to jointly control for student, teacher, and school fixed effects.20 School fixed effects enable us to control for the common…”