The Relationship Between Absences and Passing Tests for Students With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities

Abundant empirical research points to a significant number of students not going to school across the United States. Further yet, there exists strong research consensus that absenteeism predicts negative and persistent academic outcomes for students. LEAs and related stakeholders have rightly adopted measurement and intervention on student absenteeism as part of accountability efforts to ensure quality school instruction. But what has been...