Districts may have questions relating to different attendance terms. A common one relates to Chronic Absenteeism. Districts may need clarification specifically about how it differs from Average Daily Attendance.
This beautiful and informative piktochart, created by Leah Thorp at ODE, depicts the most current data for Oregon students and individual student groups. (2017-18 data)
Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, all time spent engaging in school-sponsored extracurricular activities during the official school day (including travel) will be counted as time present in the Cumulative ADM data collection.
Best Practices in Using Data for Improving Regular Attendance
These are the best practices of the most effective attendance teams in their approach to finding, using, and reading data for identifying interventions and monitoring progress along the way.
High quality school climate data allow you to understand: perceptions of the students, staff, and parents in your school or district; monitor progress; make data-driven decisions; involve stakeholders; and adapt to shifting needs.
