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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]80% is true only for In-Seat Attendance.  That's what the school is evaluated with.  But this is not the same as a student's individual attendance data, which is counted by class period.  Missing one period does NOT mean a student is marked absent for their other classes, and it doesn't mean that their grade is docked for classes they haven't missed.  DCPS could do a better job messaging this to parents and the community.

I am not sure what data the various journalists and investigators have been using -- (in-seat attendance vs. period-by-period -- but that would be good to know.[/quote]

From the OSSE report, appendix A:

"Definitions

In this report an	absence is	defined as	“a full or partial	school day	on which the student	is not physically in attendance at	scheduled	periods	of	actual instruction	at	the	educational	institution	in	which	s/he	was	 enrolled	or	attended,	and	is	not	in	attendance	at	a	school-approved	activity	that	constitutes	part	of	the	approved	school	program.

Presence is	defined	“a single	school	day	on	which	the	student	is	physically	in	 attendance	at	scheduled	periods	of	actual	instruction	at	the	educational	institution	in	which	she	or	he	was	enrolled	and	registered	for	at	least	eighty	percent	(80%)	of	the	full	instructional	day,	or	in	attendance	at	a	school-approved	activity	that	constitutes	part	of	the	approved	school	program	for	that student."[/quote]

The next issues, what counts as an Excused vs. Unexcused absence, right now their is very little beyond a note for single daily absences![/quote]

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