Black student chronic absenteeism
Respond to the prompts below (no more than 5 pages). NOTE: When citing relevant research, embed your citations directly within your written responses. Do not provide citations in a separate list.
1. What potential contributing factors are suggested by the data you have collected and analyzed that may have created or added to the equity gap you identified for a student group at your school?
The student group is African American (AA)/Black students who have poor academic performance due to chronic absenteeism. Please see fishbone activity and list 4 factors and find 3 sources and cite the source in the answer.
2. How do these specific contributing factors, including institutional and/or structural factors, impact student learning or well-being for the student group?
3. Cite research related to your findings regarding contributing factors that may have created or added to the equity gap you have identified for the student group.
4. Identify areas of educational need related to the single equity gap for a group of students
AREAS: the school needs additional supports or materials, necessary specialists or counselors, after-school programs for students.
Prepare a problem statement that culminates from your data collection and equity gap analysis. Your analysis may have revealed several contributing factors that impact the equity gap you identified for a student group. Some of these factors may be larger societal issues while others may be related to specific practices at the school. Select from the areas of educational need you have identified for the student group that could be addressed at the school level and develop one problem statement.
Problem Statement: Describe the equity gap that needs to be addressed by a problem-solving team at the school for the California state indicator and student group area of need (achievement or well-being) that you have identified.
My Problem is the chronic absenteeism and its impact on poor academic performance of black/AA students. SEE PROBLEM STATEMENT