Chronic Absenteeism Continues as an Accreditation Indicator for 2023-2024

We recently attended the VASS 2023 Spring Conference and learned that chronic absenteeism will continue as an accreditation indicator for the 2023/24 school year. In 2022/23 alone, 34.32% of the 1882 schools in Virginia had an attendance measure not met (L2 or L3). How has your district handled this crisis? What has the new normal looked like?

Read my full article for an overview of the data and what we can do next to fight chronic absenteeism in the great state of Virginia.