Estimation of Student Attendance Threshold for K-12 Education

• Activity Number: 655 - Applications in the Analysis of Survey Data
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Thursday, August 1, 2019 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
• Sponsor: Government Statistics Section
• Author(s): Xiaoyue Cheng* and Mahbubul Majumder and Tamara Williams
• Companies: University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Keywords: Student attendance; K-12 education; Mixed effects model; Sensitivity analysis; Threshold identification

Abstract

Does student attendance have impact on their academic performances? Our research studied student attendance in Nebraska K-12 public schools using 10-year student-level data, and conducted a sensitivity analysis on the mixed effects model using test score, student attendance, student information, and school background. The result can assist in identifying the threshold for the percent of absent days above which the impact on student test scores necessitates intervention in schools.