Chronic Absenteeism School Facilities Resources

California Department of Education. 2023. Absenteeism Data: Reports and data about student absenteeism, including absenteeism by reason and chronic absenteeism counts and rates disaggregated by race/ethnicity, program subgroup, grade level, and academic year.

Mark Schneider, Do School Facilities Affect Academic Outcomes? (PDF) (Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2002).

Stephen Boese and John Shaw, New York State School Facilities and Student Health, Achievement, and Attendance (PDF): A Data Analysis Report (New York, NY: Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2005).

Lorraine E. Maxwell, “School Building Condition, Social Climate, Student Attendance and Academic Achievement: A Mediation Model, ” Journal of Environmental Psychology 46 (2016): 206–216.

David Branham, “The Wise Man Builds His House Upon the Rock: The Effects of Inadequate School Building Infrastructure on Student Attendance, ” Social Science Quarterly 85, no. 5 (2004): 1112–28.

Valkiria Durán-Narucki, “School Building Condition, School Attendance, and Academic Achievement in New York City Public Schools: A Mediation Model, ” Journal of Environmental Psychology 28, no. 3 (2008): 278–86.

Revathy Kumar, Patrick M. O’Malley, and Lloyd D. Johnston, “Association Between Physical Environment of Secondary Schools and Student Problem Behavior: A National Study, 2000–2003, ” Environment and Behavior 40, no. 4 (2008): 455–86.

Elinore Simons, Syni-An Hwang, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Christine Kielb, and Shao Lin, “The Impact of School Building Conditions on Student Absenteeism in Upstate New York, ” American Journal of Public Health 100, no. 9 (2010): 1679–86

SeonMi Choi, Denise A. Guerin, Hye-Young Kim, Jonee Kulman Brigham, and Theresa Bauer, “Indoor Environmental Quality of Classrooms and Student Outcomes: A Path Analysis Approach, (PDF)” Journal of Learning Spaces Volume 2, no. 2: (2013–14).

Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Do K–12 School Facilities Affect Educational Outcomes? (PDF) (Nashville, TN, 2003).

Patricia Plympton, Susan Conway, and Kyra Epstein, Daylighting in Schools: Improving Student Performance and Health at a Price Schools Can Afford (PDF) (Washington, DC: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, 2000).

W. J. Fisk, “The Ventilation Problem in Schools: Literature Review, ” Indoor Air Volume 27, no. 6: (2017) 1039–51.

Santosh Gaihre, Sean Semple, Janice Miller, Shona Fielding, and Steve Turner, “Classroom Carbon Dioxide Concentration, School Attendance, and Educational Attainment, ” Journal of School Health Volume 84, no. 9: (2014) 569–74.

California Department of Public Health. 2023. Improving Indoor Air Quality in Schools .

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2023. Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Action Kit .