The 74 | As Absenteeism Skyrockets, Schools Get Creative About Luring Back Lost Students

Jing Liu, assistant professor of education policy, talks with T74 about reducing student absenteeism. Based on his research, he "recommends reporting attendance in a way that goes beyond chronic absenteeism. He proposes an “attendance value-added” measure that would reveal schools’ contributions to reducing absenteeism and offer “a much fairer” comparison." 

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