[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Just a little factoid: students who attend school 95% or better are
> overwhelmingly likely to progress and succeed by most measures, students who
> attend 85% or less are far more likely to fail - regardless of the
> educational philosophy of the school.
This is rather meaningless "little factoid." You first need to
know what percentage actually attend at these rates. If
only 10% do, then you have a problem. Besides, "correlation
does not imply causation." Just because high attendance rates
are correlated with some measures of success, it does not mean
that high attendance rates cause success. Consider, "social
promotion." In this case student could attend 100% of the time
and learn absolutely nothing.
> Just curious: whose responsibility do
> you think it is to get children to school each day?
Why didn't you provide an answer to your own question?
As I have stated before, I believe that responsibility for
student success is shared by parents, the schools and the
society.
Michael Atherton
Prospect Park
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