@EdWorkingPaper{ai26-1497,
title = "Identifying Effective Attendance Strategies in Michigan",
author = "Jeremy Singer, Sarah Winchell Lenhoff, Angela Lyle",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "1497",
year = "2026",
month = "June",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1497",
abstract = {Chronic absenteeism remains a persistent challenge in Michigan and across the country in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic (Singer, 2024). While schools have expanded their efforts to improve attendance—implementing a wide range of practices, systems, and supports (Singer & Lenhoff, 2025)—there is still limited evidence about which of these strategies are most effective in improving student attendance. In particular, it remains difficult to disentangle the role of school-based efforts from the broader social and economic conditions that shape attendance, which makes it challenging to identify which strategies are most likely to make a difference.},
}