Ohio’s classrooms have a quiet problem: too many empty seats. A new statewide attendance dashboard rolled out this week puts a stark number on it, showing that more than one in four students missed enough school last year to be labeled chronically absent. The interactive tool is designed to move attendance data out of an annual report and into weekly, searchable updates that families and local leaders can use before a bad pattern hardens into a habit.
State Launches Weekly Attendance Dashboard
Governor Mike DeWine and education officials unveiled the Statewide Attendance Dashboard on April 15. The public-facing site will be updated weekly and lets users drill down to statewide trends, districts, individual schools and grade levels, according to WKRC Local 12. Officials say they want attendance reporting to be more than a once-a-year report card so districts and community partners can respond earlier when the numbers start to slide.
The Numbers: One in Four Students
State report cards show a…..