Improving Student Attendance With School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Abstract
Researchers and policy makers have questioned the efficacy of family-involvement interventions. They believe that more studies are needed to compare outcomes of students whose families received a partnership intervention with those who did not. The author used data from the state of Ohio to compare student attendance in elementary schools that developed school-wide programs of school, family, and community partnerships with the attendance of students in schools that did not develop the programs. Analyses showed that in schools working to implement school, family, and community partnerships, student attendance improved an average of .5%, whereas in comparison schools, rates of student attendance declined slightly from 1 year to the next. Further analysis suggested that school outreach to families was the driving mechanism that caused this effect.
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“Absenteeism has been linked to various negative student outcomes, including poor academic performance, increased juvenile delinquency, and higher dropout rates (Ehrlich et al., 2013; Eklund et al., 2020; Sheldon, 2007).”
- Authors
- Sheldon, S. B.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sheldon, Steven B.
- ORCID
- Sheldon, Steven B.
- Venue
- The Journal of Educational Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-01
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 267-275
- ISSN
- 0022-0671 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-0675
- OpenAlex
- W1983405624
- Cited by
- 311
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 33.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Educational Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Parental Involvement in Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- student attendance, school-family-community collaboration, family involvement, elementary school, school-wide programs
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