The Absenteeism Dashboard: To access this tool log into BIG and click on "Absenteeism Dashboard" in the Reports Catalog
At its most basic level this dashboard will show you percentages of students at your school who fall into each category (severely chronic, chronic, approaching chronic, and satisfactory) for attendance (see below for examples.) This data is also shown disaggregated into student population and by grade level
The percentages for each category can be clicked on to generate a report showing specific students represented by each category
Questions to ask when reviewing this data:
Are there specific populations or grade levels over-represented?
If so, what could be some root causes?
Are there procedures or interventions that could be put in place to address the root causes for these over-representations? (See the interventions section of the toolkit)
By clicking on any of the percentages you will generate a student level report for all the students that fall into that category. For example clicking on the percentage for severely chronically absent in the pyramid shaped chart will list all students at your school who are currently identified as severely chronically absent
This report will show the following information
Demographic information
Total absence count
Enrolled days
Present days
Any special programs that might apply to the student
Use this report to identify students who are severely chronic, chronically absent, or approaching chronic absence and are potentially in need of intervention
It is recommended that MTSS teams and site administrators review this report at least monthly
