The Forum Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data

Title:	The Forum Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data
Description:	The Forum Guide to Collecting and Using Attendance Data is designed to help state and local education agency staff improve their attendance data practices – the collection, reporting, and use of attendance data to improve student and school outcomes. The guide offers best practice suggestions and features real-life examples of how attendance data have been used by education agencies. The guide includes a set of voluntary attendance codes that can be used to compare attendance data across schools, districts, and states. The guide also features tip sheets for a wide range of education agency staff who work with attendance data.
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (4MB)
Cover Date:	February 2018
Web Release:	February 2, 2018
Publication #:	NFES 2017007
Center/Program:	NFES
Associated Centers:	NCES
Authors:	National Forum on Education Statistics
Type of Product:	Guide
Keywords:	Educational Improvement Educational Research Public Schools • elementary/secondary Students • tardiness
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Guide, please contact: Ghedam Bairu.