Attendance Gains Increase Funding, Improve AYP
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Academic performance is shown to be strongly correlated with student attendance. This case study highlights how four school districts are using a notification service to improve attendance rates and reduce truancy, resulting in dramatic gains in state funding and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measurements.
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Raising Their Voices: Engaging Students, Teachers, and Parents to Help End the High School Dropout Epidemic
A report by Civic Enterprises. Among the findings: Candid dialogue among three constituencies (parents, teachers, students) is necessary to move beyond the "blame game" and to forge a collective will to ensure more students graduate from high school. Communications between teachers and parents is essential, and technological resources should be applied to make these connections as quickly as possible.