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Development Of A Model To Evaluate A Multi-Agency Attendance Improvement And Truancy Reduction Initiative: Phase I (A Merc Technical Report), Suzanne Nash, Ann S. Allen

MERC Publications

Students must be in attendance daily to benefit fully from public school academics and socialization through both regular and extra-curricular activities. The reality is that many public school students are at-risk of school failure and eventually dropping out partially because of poor attendance behaviors. These poor attendance behaviors can usually be traced to challenged communities and families whose children face multiple at-risk factors. Urban inner-city schools with high percentages of minority students are among those with the highest risk factors and they experience the greatest problems with attendance and, eventually, truancy. The Richmond Public Schools (RPS) has worked diligently for …