Truancy-Chronic Absence
Truancy vs Chronic Absenteeism
Truancy & Chronic Absenteeism Hurts Students' Academic Success!
- Kindergarten and 1st grade students are 3 times less likely to read proficiently by 3rd grade compared to their friends/peers who regularly attend school.
- 30% of first-year high school students who received As and Bs in 8th grade, but are chronically absent in 9th grade, fail one or more classes.
- Elementary students who experience 1 or more years of chronic absence are close to 6 times more likely to continue to be chronically absent during middle school.
Truancy vs Chronic Absence
