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Student Attendance The average student attendance rate during the 2000-01 school year was 96.4%. The effectiveness level is 95% and the mean is 92%. District-wide student attendance levels for this school year achieve effectiveness.
Disclosure of attendance goals to students and parents is often helpful in maintaining high levels of student attendance. Examination of practices in schools and school systems which have achieved effective student attendance percentages may reveal methods to be applied to further increasing student attendance in the district. Teacher Attendance The average number of days of teacher absence in the Oxford School District for the 2000-01 school year was 7.03 days per teacher. The effectiveness level is 5 days per teacher per year, and the mean is 7. Generally speaking, the higher the teacher absence rate, the less effective is a school system (e.g., continuity of instruction; monitoring student achievement; positive attendance role modeling for students; cost of substitute teachers depleting funds which could be used for instruction). Only discretionary absences are included in the calculation of the teacher absence rate. Currently, the teacher absence rate in Oxford has reached neither the mean nor the effectiveness level, although it is close to the mean. Teacher attendance may be improved by publicizing absence rates, designing school district policy to recognize and reward teacher attendance, and implementing practices across the district adopted from buildings where teacher attendance is effective.
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