Teaching · Related Services

Nine days missed is a number. The reason is the plan.

Enter days enrolled and absent and the pattern you see. The summary says how serious it is, sorts the factors behind it and matches a support to each one.

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The attendance assessment

One record per student, dated each time you update it. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For one student: the share of days missed and its level, a full-year estimate, the factors behind it by type, supports that match, and what is not working.
Who it is for
School psychologists, social workers, counselors and attendance teams.
Format
Browser organizer. One saved record per student and update; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
count every day, then ask why
Drawn for this page. The count says how serious it is; the pattern and the student’s own words say what to try.

How to use it

  1. Take days enrolled and absent from the attendance system, counting every reason.
  2. Look at the calendar for a pattern.
  3. Ask the student, the family and teachers about each factor; mark what you do not know yet.
  4. List the supports already tried and how attendance changed.
  5. Update the record every few weeks and compare.

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How the assessment works

Chronic absence

Chronic absence is usually defined as missing 10 percent or more of the days enrolled for any reason, excused or not, suspensions included. Because it counts every day, it shows a problem earlier than truancy counts. Your state’s definition may differ; the page uses 10 and 20 percent.

Four kinds of reasons

Attendance researchers group the causes as barriers (health, transport, housing, caregiving), aversion (anxiety, bullying, academic struggle), disengagement (no connection, no reason to come) and misconceptions (the belief that a few days, or excused days, do not matter). Supports work best when they match the reason.

What it is not

It is not a truancy filing or a diagnosis of school refusal. Persistent distress about school calls for the school psychologist or counselor and, often, the student’s doctor.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education. Chronic Absenteeism in the Nation’s Schools: definition as missing 15 or more days; many states use 10 percent of days enrolled.
  2. Attendance Works. Root causes of absence (barriers, aversion, disengagement, misconceptions) and levels of chronic absence.
  3. Kearney, C. A. (2008). School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: A contemporary review. Clinical Psychology Review, 28(3), 451 to 471.
  4. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 11431 and following: school stability, transport and the local liaison.

The example student and numbers are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.