Mistaking Attendance

 An excellent article about the chronic truancy problem in the U.S.:

HERE’S a math problem only truant officers  will get right: How is it possible for many school districts in America to  report both that average daily attendance is better than 90 percent and that  almost 30 percent of students miss a month of school annually?

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September 2, 2007
Op-Ed Contributors
Mistaking Attendance
By HAROLD O. LEVY and KIMBERLY HENRY
www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/opinion/02levy-1.html <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/opinion/02levy-1.html>

HERE’S a math problem only truant officers will get right: How is it possible for many school districts in America to report both that average daily attendance is better than 90 percent and that almost 30 percent of students miss a month of school annually?