Absenteeism among early school students is ‘‘eclipsed by
concerns about truancy in older students,’’ so intervention
with early school absence prevention has not been a priority
(Jacobson, 2008, p. 3). Each day that the student does not
attend school increases the potential for the student to fall
behind, necessitating additional school resources to determine
why a student is showing delay. The Head Start Impact
Study (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
2010) was mandated in 1998 by the Congress to measure the
effect of Head Start on child development, learning, and
school readiness. Beginning in 2002, the study evaluated
20,000 Head Start students and families around the United
States to determine which approaches with parents and
classroom teaching created the greatest impact. Although
the study targeted programs with regular daily operating
hours, it did not report attendance rates of participants. Without
attendance information, it is difficult to determine
whether the conclusion of Head Start’s limited effect on cognitive,
social–emotional, health, or parenting at first grade
was due to poor programmatic quality or high student
absenteeism.
Absenteeism among early school students is ‘‘eclipsed by
concerns about truancy in older students,’’ so intervention
with early school absence prevention has not been a priority
(Jacobson, 2008, p. 3). Each day that the student does not
attend school increases the potential for the student to fall
behind, necessitating additional school resources to determine
why a student is showing delay. The Head Start Impact
Study (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
2010) was mandated in 1998 by the Congress to measure the
effect of Head Start on child development, learning, and
school readiness. Beginning in 2002, the study evaluated
20,000 Head Start students and families around the United
States to determine which approaches with parents and
classroom teaching created the greatest impact. Although
the study targeted programs with regular daily operating
hours, it did not report attendance rates of participants. Without
attendance information, it is difficult to determine
whether the conclusion of Head Start’s limited effect on cognitive,
social–emotional, health, or parenting at first grade
was due to poor programmatic quality or high student
absenteeism.
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