Attendance Works

Attendance works build public awareness and political will about the need to address chronic absence. They foster state campaigns and partnerships by developing coalitions to advance state and local policies that promote tracking attendance for individual students and reporting on chronic absence to ensure schools, especially if they are low-performing, will intervene to improve student attendance. Attendance works encourages local practice by providing technical assistance and tools to help communities, schools, and school districts monitor and work together to address chronic absence. This includes creating peer-learning networks and using our website to provide access to a variety of free tools and resources.