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Reducing Student Absenteeism in the Early Grades by Targeting Parental Beliefs

American educational research journal, 2018-12, Vol.55 (6), p.1163-1192 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2018 American Educational Research Association ;2018 AERA ;ISSN: 0002-8312 ;EISSN: 1935-1011 ;DOI: 10.3102/0002831218772274

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  • Title:
    Reducing Student Absenteeism in the Early Grades by Targeting Parental Beliefs
  • Author: Robinson, Carly D. ; Lee, Monica G. ; Dearing, Eric ; Rogers, Todd
  • Subjects: Absenteeism ; Attendance Patterns ; Educational research ; Elementary School Students ; Intervention ; Parent Attitudes ; Parent Participation ; Program Effectiveness ; School districts ; Students ; Studies
  • Is Part Of: American educational research journal, 2018-12, Vol.55 (6), p.1163-1192
  • Description: Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes. Despite this well-documented association, there is little experimental research on how to reduce absenteeism in the early grades. This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment in 10 school districts evaluating the impact of a low-cost, parent-focused intervention on student attendance in grades K–5. The intervention targeted commonly held parental misbeliefs undervaluing the importance of regular K–5 attendance as well as the number of school days their child had missed. The intervention decreased chronic absenteeism by 15%. This study presents the first experimental evidence on how to improve student attendance in grades K–5 at scale and has implications for increasing parental involvement in education.
  • Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0002-8312
    EISSN: 1935-1011
    DOI: 10.3102/0002831218772274
  • Source: ERIC Full Text Only (Discovery)
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