Attendance in New Zealand Schools in 2009

Analysing your School's Student Engagement Data

To inform your school’s engagement policies, look for patterns or differences in your attendance data.  For example:

• Do male and female students’ absence rates differ?
• At what year level are absence rates at the highest?
• Which groups of students have the highest unjustified absence rates?
• What time of year or day of the week are unjustified absence rates at their lowest? Why?

Or you can compare your data with the national data.  For example:

• How does your school compare to others of your decile and type?

Information about analysing attendance data can also be found on the TKI website. Previous attendance reports are available here on Education Counts.