Truancy
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- Increasing Student Attendance: Strategies from Research and Practice
This booklet summarizes the research on school attendance and presents research-based ideas to develop better policies and practices for attendance and to understand the factors that contribute to increased attendance, engagement, and a lower dropout rate - School-Based Partnerships: A Problem-Solving Strategy
This report focuses on three School-Based Partnership sites and their use of the SARA problem-solving process (Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment) to address specific issues in their schools. - Juvenile Justice Telecommunications Assistance Project
The Juvenile Justice Telecommunications Assistance Project (JJTAP) designs and delivers video conferences for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The JJTAP also provides technical assistance to other federally-funded projects on tec ... - National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk
The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC) is the result of a contract between the US Department of Education and the American Institutes for Research. The mission of NDTAC is to improve educationa ...
External Resources
- Truancy Prevention
This Web site presents information, best practices, and training resources for reducing truancy, focusing on partnership-building strategies for educators, law enforcement agencies, courts, communities and families.
Federal Partners: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education - Truancy Reduction: Keeping Students in School
This bulletin provides an overview of the problem of truancy; describes the correlations of family, school, economic, and student factors with truancy; notes truancy's role as a predictor of delinquency, including juvenile daytime crime; and tallies truancy's social and financial impacts.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice - New Approaches to Truancy Prevention in Urban Schools (PDF 28 KB)
This digest explores truancy in the urban context, examines the different types and reasons for truancy, and reviews the new ways that researchers and intervention programs are addressing this problem.
Federal Partner: Education Resources Information Center, U.S. Department of Education - Urban Youth and Schooling: The Effect of School Climate on Student Disengagement and Dropout (PDF 967 KB)
This study investigated the effects of schools' academic and disciplinary climates on student disengagement and dropping out, noting whether these effects varied by race/ethnic group. Data came from the High School Effectiveness Study (HSES), which allows contextual analysis of urban youth in their high schools, and the Common Core of Data, from the U.S. Department of Education.
Federal Partner: Education Resources Information Center, Office of Educational Research and Improvement and National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education - Student Truancy (PDF 30 KB)
This digest examines some of the ways that truancy affects both individuals and society. It identifies factors that may place students at greater risk of becoming truant and lists some consequences of nonattendance, including delayed promotion and graduation, lowered self-esteem, and lessened employment potential.
Federal Partner: Education Resources Information Center, U.S. Department of Education
see also Delinquency