Empty Seats: The Impact of Texas House Bill 2398 on Absence Rates Among Low Socioeconomic Status Students in a Rural School District
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Empty Seats: The Impact of Texas House Bill 2398 on Absence Rates Among Low Socioeconomic Status Students in a Rural School District
Yazar:
Kuhn, John Matthew, author.
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9780438005716
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1 electronic resource (113 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Advisors: Chuck Holt Committee members: Mark Reid; Ray Thompson.
Özet:
Chronic absenteeism---the repeated and excessive absence of a student from school, for excused or unexcused reasons---affects children, their schools, their futures, and society (Chang & Romero, 2008). In this quantitative study, the researcher compared attendance rates before and after implementation of House Bill 2398 for low socioeconomic status English Language Learner (ELL) and non-ELL students in a rural Texas school district at the elementary and secondary levels of schooling. A three-way mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to study possible relationships. The study revealed statistically significant differences in the absence rates for ELL and non-ELL students and for students before and after passage of HB 2398. A significant interaction effect between variables was found. The study generally confirmed prior research regarding differences in absenteeism among ELL and non-ELL students. Perhaps surprisingly, absence rates generally increased after passage of House Bill 2398, which was intended to improve student attendance by emphasizing proactive rather than reactive approaches to truancy.
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School code: 1287
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