Adopting a PBIS framework changes the focus of discipline from punishment of negative behaviors to recognition of positive ones. Students who see school as a positive place to be are more apt to attend regularly. And as any educator can tell you, happy students are more successful…. and success breeds success.
Facts About School Attendance:
*Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year.
*Over 8 million U.S. students miss nearly a month of school each year.
*Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade.
*By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.
*Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence.
*When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating.
