{"product_id":"connection-trust-and-learning-meril-antony-9780984193318","title":"Connection, Trust, and Learning: Student Attendance in the Middle and High School Grades Following the COVID-19 Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis brief summarizes findings from the first year of a multi-year study examining the causes, consequences, and impacts of absenteeism in Chicago in post-pandemic years relative to pre-pandemic years among students in grades 6-11. We focus on the middle and high school grades because these are years when many students show a rise in absences, relative to their attendance in the elementary grades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKey Findings\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbsenteeism increased considerably in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMore students had very high absence rates, and fewer students had low absence rates.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudents' academic achievement is still strongly related to their attendance.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAttendance matters as much as ever: students with lower attendance rates have lower grades and test scores.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchools' absence rates varied considerably, including among schools serving similar students from similar neighborhoods.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchool climate is strongly associated with attendance-and the connection is even stronger today than before the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eStudent and teacher survey measures most strongly connected with attendance included relationships with peers and teachers; finding value and meaning in classes; sense of safety; and teacher-parent relationships.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eKey Takeaways\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttendance is still important for students' learning. Both grades and standardized test scores go up with higher attendance, and down with lower attendance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchool climate and culture is connected to attendance-even more so today than pre-pandemic-which shows that schools can and do influence students' attendance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meril Antony,William Delgado,Marisa De La Torre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984193316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984193318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Consortium on Chicago School Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Meril Antony","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001230205183,"sku":"9780984193318","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/connection-trust-and-learning-meril-antony-9780984193318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}