Literature Review

It is suggested by data from NAEP testing that school absences is one of the factors that has a negative impact on student learning and therefore on overall grade point average and test scores. In a table that shows the coloration of school days missed with the percent of student with a 3.0 of higher grade point average, in the Sioux Falls school district in South Dakota, data suggests that as

Student tardy rates have significantly hindered their attendance at CSI zero period classes. This has affected student achievement levels, and the rate at which students are retained in the CSI program, thus leading to a high student retention rate in CSI from year to year. This also results in large CSI class sizes that are not beneficial to student learning. In addition, when interviewing CSI teachers, it is apparent that numerous attempts were made to communicate with parents and remedy the attendance problem, however students continued to show up late to school, or miss zero period completely.

The children in inner cities are demonstrating issues with attendance this is detrimental to success because missing days directly impacts

In their 2007 study, the weak correlation between attendance and credits earned for the SFAS group suggests that attendance may not be a useful outcome indicator for alternative schools that use a self-paced curriculum. These students continue to earn credits even when their attendance is low. (Franklin et al., 2007,p.141) There was a No Child Left Behind policy highlighted students must graduate in four years that impacted the study results. For this reason, SFAS must count students who take longer than the traditional four years as dropouts in their graduation rate (Franklin et al., 2007,p.141) Additionally, the researchers felt this choice allowed for comparisons between a large public high school and a smaller, academic alternative school was challenged to measure the results. The effort was made to match students on important characteristics, it is not possible to ensure that all threats to internal validity were removed (Franklin et al., 2007,p.142) The recommendation is in further study in specifically focusing on full time high school students who will attend the program. The study has identified the weak correlation between attendance and credits earned. The effectiveness of full time students as an outcome indicator for measuring effective high schools (Franklin et al., 2007,p.141) Above of all, the recommendation will get better results and strong correlations to interpret and tackle the overlooked solutions clearly in SFAS program of instructional

In “’A’ Is For Absent,” Chris Piper argues that students’ absences should not be reflected in their final grades. Piper writes about his experience with what he considers an unfair attendance policy. He did well on tests and projects, however, due to his numerous absences he received a low final grade. He writes that unlike in a job, where attendance is mandatory, in college it’s a choice of a paying student. Piper also writes that when standardized test scores are evaluated, attendance of preparatory courses is not considered towards those scores. He urges instructors to put aside the reasons they have for implementing attendance policies and grade students solely on performance. Although Piper presents a good written argument, I believe that his reasons are not valid. Students who do not consistently attend classes should not be graded in the same way as those who do because it creates a fair environment, it increases learning, and most importantly, it builds discipline.

Information and communication technology has been adopted and implemented within various sectors of the economy. This is attributed to the benefits of technology in facilitating organizational activities and processes and its use in meeting the changes which characterize the modern society. The health sector is one of the industries which have significantly implemented technology. The health sector’s technological applications have been achieved within health information systems. The implementation of technology in this sector has resulted into both positive and negative implications on health

Attendance is not good at Marshall Metro’s, I believe they used a little of all the four need theories, by summing using their motivation tactics. They wanted to motivate the behavior of students, they needed with positive reinforcement, growth, and achievements, this will drive students to do better in this part of their life. Although, with using motivation I lean towards more of McClelland’s Acquired Needs Theory (Kinicki & Williams, 2013, slide 3). Achievement, affiliation, and power are the three needs for this theory Marshal Metro’s has a problem in their attendance, students were not wanting to show up to class. One way to excel at getting better attendance is when Mrs. Henry made home calls.

287). Even though these factors inevitably affect students, they cannot be reasons to accept poor attendance. Letting a student pass a class or even graduate with a low percentage of attendee in a school year will affect the student in their future education. This will eventually contribute to the stress already developed in a student’s life. Students need to learn to cope with painful personal events and keep up with their responsibilities as students in order to become strong independent

Students who are disruptive, truant, or disobedient should not be suspended from school because suspension is counterintuitive: Siegel (2015) identifies there is a correlation between juvenile delinquency and school absences, while the lecture notes (2016) reveal that students who graduate have less instances of criminality in later life. These two sources show that the more students remain in school, the less chance they will have of exhibiting delinquent behavior.

Perfect attendance is not easy to obtain; however, when one receives the award they quickly realize that coming to school is not simply a requirement, rather it is a privilege. This privilege includes new opportunities to better oneself, as well as, to take advantage of the phenomenal educational system of South Carolina. I have not always understood the significance of making it a priority to come to school, but, as I have grown, the importance of attendance has taken on a new light.

In the article written by Benjamin Henwood comparing front line providers’ views of housing first programs versus traditional programs, 41 front line service providers in the New York area were studied using a longitudinal qualitative study. 20 providers used the housing first model and the other 21 used the treatment first model. The protocols of the study included a baseline interview during the first month of being housed and a follow up interview either when the client left the program or six months later (Henwood, 2011). The data was then analyzed using a coding process called Thematic analysis.

There are several published articles that relate to the action research question and supply some background information. Sheldon and Epstein (2004) piqued an interest in studying this further with their study which analyzed longitudinal data to examine the effects of family and community involvement on rates of chronic absenteeism. This primary research article dealt with what became the rationale for conducting this study on the need to reinforce instruction to ensure student success. The issue of missing instruction is a problem in my school district. Students are absent from school because of truancy, but also because of legitimate reasons, such as health and family emergencies. It is obvious to all teachers that students cannot learn if they are not in school. Or is this true? Are there ways

The state has conducted extensive research through various organizations to ensure that the problems that have been causing the increasing rates of truancy have been identified and ample resources have been allocated in providing solutions. The major problem that has been attributed to the increased levels of truancy is poverty, peer influence and drug abuse. The community as a whole has come together in ensuring that proper help is provided in schools and other organizations that conduct social services to the general public demanding such

In the following text are going to address the issue of decline of university attendance rates and examine the factors that positively influence lecture attendance. Consistent class attendance has been established as a significant factor in student achievement in school settings. (Gottfried, 2010) In addition, attendance rate has been determined to be related with better school performance on standardized test scores. (Gottfried, 2011) In term of this monitoring attendence rate of student becomes more important in assisting students to reach high performance and achievement. On the other hand, lack of attendence rate of student awares school that students who may needs intervention and to prevent the risk of failure on studying. (Musser, 2011)

Company XYZ’s die converting production area has experienced waste due to scratching and delamination which cause scrap. Parts being scraped cause a reduction in profits and a decrease in production capacity for the company. The study leveraged Six Sigma techniques to pinpoint and address the waste created in the manufacturing process and will propose solutions to the manufacturing system. The primary manufacturing processes in the privacy filter manufacturing operation included steel rule die converting, sacrificial premask removal, and manual inspection. Based on the production methods listed, the literature was reviewed on manufacturing, six sigma, DMAIC, root cause analysis, and waste.