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Statistics on children, youth and families in Alaska from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Alaska Children's Trust
Chronic absenteeism
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Percent of enrolled public school students who are chronically absent from school by school district in Alaska.
On June 9, 2021, US ED gave notification to DEED that the waiver for this accountability measure would be approved. As a result, schools that were identified for support in the 2019–20 school year maintained their identification status in the 2020–21 school year. These identifications were based on data from the 2018–19 school year.
Chronic absenteeism is defined as being absent from school for at least 10 percent of the school days in which the student is enrolled. The student count includes any student enrolled for at least 10 days at a specific school during the 2015–16 school year. Because chronic absenteeism is calculated at the school level, any student with 10 days of enrollment at multiple schools would be included in the statewide count multiple times.
Beginning in the 2017–18 school year, chronic absenteeism was recorded as an accountability indicator with the same definition. However, the student count includes only those that have been enrolled for at least one half of the school term. Correspondence schools and schools located in facilities where students are incarcerated are not included.
On June 9, 2021, US ED gave notification to DEED that the waiver for this accountability measure would be approved. As a result, schools that were identified for support in the 2019–20 school year maintained their identification status in the 2020–21 school year. These identifications were based on data from the 2018–19 school year.
Beginning in the 2017–18 school year, chronic absenteeism was recorded as an accountability indicator with the same definition. However, the student count includes only those that have been enrolled for at least one half of the school term. Correspondence schools and schools located in facilities where students are incarcerated are not included.
Data Source
Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/18112454/2015-2016-chronic-absenteeism-by-school-091817.pdf
"Accountability Indicators" for each school district for 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21*, 2021-22, and 2022-23 are provided at
https://education.alaska.gov/ReportCardToThePublic/
*Because of disruptions to school operations caused by COVID-19, caution is advised when interpreting data from the 2020-21 school year. See 2021 Chronic Absenteeism Interpretation Guide
https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/18112454/2015-2016-chronic-absenteeism-by-school-091817.pdf
"Accountability Indicators" for each school district for 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21*, 2021-22, and 2022-23 are provided at
https://education.alaska.gov/ReportCardToThePublic/
*Because of disruptions to school operations caused by COVID-19, caution is advised when interpreting data from the 2020-21 school year. See 2021 Chronic Absenteeism Interpretation Guide
Notes
For school years post 2020: If the value is less than or equal to 20, the reported value for the indicator will be 0. If the value is greater than 80, the reported value for the indicator will be 100. The 80/20 rule has been established to protect student privacy in Alaska's smaller school districts. However, for the system to be fair to all school districts, this suppression rule must be applied consistently to every school.
NA: Not Available; S: Suppressed for student privacy
NA: Not Available; S: Suppressed for student privacy
Last Updated
April 2024