Attachment 1 Proposed Status and Change Cut Scores for the Chronic Absenteeism Indicator Background California’s new multiple measures accountability and continuous improvement system was developed to align with the priorities of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and to meet the requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Chronic absenteeism is a metric identified as part of Pupil Engagement (LCFF Priority 5).The ESSA requires states to collect data to identify students who are chronically absent and report chronic absenteeism rates for schools in the ESSA State Report Card (Section 1111[h][1][C][viii]). For purposes of the Local Control and Accountability Plan, a student who is absent 10 percent or more of the instructional days they were enrolled to attend is defined as absent.” Chronic absenteeism data is collected through the California “chronically Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) and is used to calculate this indicator. This data was collected for the first time at the end of the 2016–17 school year and released publicly in December 2017. It is currently reported on the California School Dashboard (Dashboard) through a direct link to the California Department of Education’s (CDE’s) reporting website, DataQuest. The 2016–17 Chronic Absenteeism Rate Statewide Report is available at the following web page: . Implementation of the Chronic Absenteeism Indicator on the Dashboard Chronic absenteeism will serve as an additional academic indicator for kindergarten through grade eight (K–8), given its strong correlation with future academic attainment (). The methodology used to calculate this indicator was approved at the September 2018 State Board of Education meeting. It is based on a minimum enrollment of 31 instructional days where students attend at least one day and assigns the same weight to all students who meet this criterion. Proposed Status and Change Cut Scores for the Chronic Absenteeism Indicator Beginning with the 2018 Dashboard, schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) will receive a performance level (color) for this indicator, based on 2017 and 2018 data. In order to propose Status and Change cut scores for this indicator, the CDE conducted several data analyses, which were shared with the Technical Design Group (TDG) at its October 2018 meeting.
Attachment 1 Proposed Status and Change Cut Scores for the Chronic Absenteeism Indicator Background California’s new multiple measures accountability and continuous improvement system was developed to align with the priorities of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and to meet the requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Chronic absenteeism is a metric identified as part of Pupil Engagement (LCFF Priority 5).The ESSA requires states to collect data to identify students who are chronically absent and report chronic absenteeism rates for schools in the ESSA State Report Card (Section 1111[h][1][C][viii]). For purposes of the Local Control and Accountability Plan, a student who is absent 10 percent or more of the instructional days they were enrolled to attend is defined as “chronically absent.” Chronic absenteeism data is collected through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) and is used to calculate this indicator. This data was collected for the first time at the end of the 2016–17 school year and released publicly in December 2017. It is currently reported on the California School Dashboard (Dashboard) through a direct link to the California Department of Education’s (CDE’s) reporting website, DataQuest. The 2016–17 Chronic Absenteeism Rate Statewide Report is available at the following web page: . Implementation of the Chronic Absenteeism Indicator on the Dashboard Chronic absenteeism will serve as an additional academic indicator for kindergarten through grade eight (K–8), given its strong correlation with future academic attainment (). The methodology used to calculate this indicator was approved at the September 2018 State Board of Education meeting. It is based on a minimum enrollment of 31 instructional days where students attend at least one day and assigns the same weight to all students who meet this criterion. Proposed Status and Change Cut Scores for the Chronic Absenteeism Indicator Beginning with the 2018 Dashboard, schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) will receive a performance level (color) for this indicator, based on 2017 and 2018 data. In order to propose Status and Change cut scores for this indicator, the CDE conducted several data analyses, which were shared with the Technical Design Group (TDG) at its October 2018 meeting.
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