A chronically late student in SK and Grade 1 (>= 10% or 2 days per month) is TEN times more likely to become chronically absent and is a good predictor of future absenteeism.
The achievement effects of tardy classmates: evidence in urban elementary schools Michael A Gottfried writes that “students with greater tardiness perform worse on both standardized reading and math tests. Second, holding constant an individual’s own record of tardiness, students whose classmates are tardy more frequently also have lower test scores. Hence, the achievement gap widens for students in classrooms whose peers have higher rates of tardiness and widens even further for students who also have greater individual levels of tardiness. ” Read full research report.
An Analysis of Tardiness, Absenteeism, and Academic Achievement of 9th Grade Students in a Selected School District in Southeastern Georgia “There is a significant relationship between tardiness and absenteeism. Students who tended to be tardy also tended to be absent. ” The research also shows a negative relationship between tardiness & absenteeism and student achievement. Read full research report.
The effect of student tardiness on learning “By the mere nature of arriving late and missing school hours, students receive fewer hours of instruction than students who are in class when the bell sounds. But not only does a student who is consistently arriving late to school establish bad punctuality habits, their tardiness also disrupts the learning of other students in their classes.” Read article