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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even compared to pre-pandemic, absenteeism numbers are way up:

[twitter]https://twitter.com/KateRyanWTOP/status/1694005202540741002[/twitter][/quote]
Will they break down the absenteeism numbers by race?[/quote]

Or by school. I bet there's a pocket of consistent, serious offenders that need to be prioritized and dealt with most urgently.

And some of the absenteeism numbers have to do with failed admin leadership in those schools.[/quote]

I doubt they will. Because it will mostly be a certain demographic in certain pockets, and the optics are not good.[/quote]
Found the numbers:
https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/Demographics/ChronicAbsenteeism/3/99/1/6/15/XXXX/2022

[img]https://i.imgur.com/4rRVoYj.jpg[/img]

[/quote]

This looks wrong.

The header for % says "chronic absenteeism", but the header for the fraction is "fractions of days attended". The values are the same. They cant both be right.

Definitions:

Absentee Rate

percentage of students absent from school for one or more days between the first day of the school year and the last day of the school year.

[1 day!!?!!]

Attendance Rate

average daily attendance rate including special education students. The state’s proficient standard is 94%

Average Daily Attendance

number of students in attendance divided by the total number of students,  from the first day of school through April 13th.

[Take your international trips after spring break!]
    
Chronic absenteeism

number of students who are absent 10% or more of the school days while enrolled[/quote]

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