Tag: data

How can I use student attendance data? April 4/23

Listen now to the podcast now on Circle Forum  Conversations about student attendance issues are filled with complexity and it all starts with attendance data.  How do you get attendance to be part of the discussions in schools?  How does attendance impact achievement?  What are the changes we can measure?  Who’s the point person for attendance …

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Attendance improves with Positive Greetings at the Door , a low-cost, high yield strategy – Jan.17/23

Listen now to Circle Forum  Simple and proactive and doable! These are things we appreciate about the research on positive greetings at the door(PGD) “Results revealed that the PGD strategy produced significant improvements in academic engaged time and reductions in disruptive behavior. Moreover, results from a social validity questionnaire indicated that teachers found the PGD …

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Research which shows that serving breakfast after the bell can reduce student absenteeism by an average of 6% – Jan.10/23

Listen now to Circle Forum  We love research and data that supports initiatives to reduce student absenteeism. In this episode we do some restorative reflections on this Tier 1 intervention that is good for all. Moving a breakfast program into the school day promotes conversations and community for students and staff. “The study found that Breakfast …

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Start with data when addressing the complexity of student attendance – Dec.27/22

Listen now to recent podcasts on Circle Forum  In this fourth of 4 conversations about the complex solutions required to address student attendance issues, Shelley, Steve and Stan end where schools need to start, with the attendance data. The article published in October 2022 by Dr. Jess Whitley of the University of Ottawa and Dr. …

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