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Can School Districts Bounce Back from Large Pandemic-Era Chronic Absenteeism Increases?
This new analysis from researchers at the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University identifies how many districts experienced substantial pandemic-era increases in chronic absenteeism, which types of districts were most affected, and how many returned to close to pre-pandemic levels by the 2023–2024 or 2024–2025 school years. The report pays special attention to districts nationwide that had at least a 10 percentage point increase in chronic absenteeism from pre- to post-pandemic.
Student Success Systems & Community Schools: Mutually Reinforcing Approaches to Supporting Students
Student success systems and community schools are two frameworks for supporting students that are closely aligned in their core components and essential practices. When paired together, they form a comprehensive approach to supporting the whole child through coordinated, inclusive, and continuously improving systems.
Landscape Analysis of Effective Chronic Absenteeism Interventions
A Better Chicago: Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in Chicago (September, 2025) summarizes what is known about reducing chronic absenteeism, and notes that student success systems are an effective solution and a core part of any comprehensive intervention. Findings also highlight the critical role of school connectedness, and collaboration across an ecosystem of schools, partners, and communities working together to support students.
Succeeding in High School & Beyond: Insights and Action for Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities
This joint effort from NCLD, the GRAD Partnership and WestEd highlights critical barriers facing students with learning disabilities (LD) and offers a roadmap and call to action for schools, districts, and policymakers to better support high school completion and postsecondary transitions.
Delivering Success: The GRAD Partnership Year Two Results
Schools implementing student success systems with GRAD Partnership support continue to achieve substantial progress in reducing chronic absenteeism and course failure rates — two strong predictors of high school graduation and postsecondary success. After two years of implementation work, schools, on average, experienced a 32% decline in the percent of students failing one or more courses, and a 28% decline in chronically absent students.
RISE Network’s On-Track Coaching Evaluation Report
On May 1, 2025, GRAD Partnership organizing partner, RISE Network, released a new study demonstrating the efficiency of the On-Track (Student Success) Coach strategy
Student Attendance Teams
Resources to support student-led attendance teams.
Amplifying Youth Voice: Strategies for Helping Youth Have their Voices Heard
Student voice—the process of educators, school leaders, and other supportive adults gathering young people’s values and unique perspectives and implementing policy and practice changes based on these shared ideas—provides an opportunity for young people to be active participants in improving their schools. In this resource we explain how student voice increases student engagement, enhances education systems, and improves student outcomes. We also share three strategies to support schools and community organizations with gathering student voice data.
The Inside Story of the National Graduation Campaign
A 20-year campaign to address America’s high school dropout crisis produced unprecedented gains in graduation rates nationwide. Can lessons from this campaign help the nation cross this elusive threshold and inspire action on other social issues?
Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
May 2024 EdResearch for Action brief exploring evidence on strategies to build a sense of school connectedness and engagement among all students.