An Examination of the Effectiveness of an Early Truancy Intervention for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism Amongst At-Risk Students through the Use of Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Truancy is a major social problem affecting students, families, schools, and communities in the United States and is associated with low academic achievement, grade retention, and dropout. Truancy is also correlated with other adverse life outcomes including delinquency, substance abuse, and incarce...
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LSU
2011
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-03312011-113625/ |