This brief highlights select findings from a study developed by WestEd and Helios Education Foundation to investigate K–8 trends in student attendance and chronic absence before and during the pandemic (2017 to 2021). The data for the study came from Arizona Department of Education sources such as the Department’s longitudinal and school finance data systems. The study population consisted of all K–8 students enrolled in an Arizona public school and present in each October school census. Descriptive statistics from 2017 to 2021 were calculated to report on the trends in chronic absence.
Missing Too Much School: Trends in K-8 Chronic Absenteeism in Arizona During the Pandemic
