Rand兰德：2024年各学区努力减少长期旷工，但成效有限-2024 年春季美国学区小组调查和访谈的部分结果报告（英文版）

In the year following the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic–related school closures in March 2020, educators began to sound the alarm about increasing chronic absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism is defined as a student missing at least 10 percent of school days (i.e., 18 days in a typical 180-day school year) for any reason, whether excused or unexcused. Chronic absence can severely hinder an individual student’s learning (Cardona, 2024). Absences can even hinder the learning of those