The GRAD Partnership Chronic Absenteeism Toolkit
A collection of GRAD Partnership resources for addressing chronic absenteeism in schools.
Six Actions Principals Can Take to Meet Student Needs in a Post-Pandemic World
All students deserve the opportunity to succeed in school and graduate from high school prepared for the future. But when student needs are so great, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Student success systems take the guesswork out of student support. This two-page resource outlines six steps school leaders can take to implement student success systems.
Proven Strategies that Schools Can Use to Address Chronic Absenteeism: Learnings from The GRAD Partnership
New resource lays out a core set of evidence-based practices that schools have successfully used to address chronic absenteeism.
In School, Engaged, On-track? The Effect of the Pandemic on Student Attendance, Course Grades, and Grade Retention in North Carolina
This study provides new evidence of the pandemic’s negative impact on student outcomes, highlighting its variable and disproportionate effects for historically marginalized groups, including Black and Hispanic students, EDS students, and ELL students. Results underscore the need for implementing tiered, targeted interventions to provide appropriate supports for students with different needs, as well as the imperative that administrators, policymakers, and researchers pay attention to the full distribution of student outcomes to ensure recovery reaches all students.