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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kellie; Cruz, Anna; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Education and Urban Society, 2022
This study evaluates a "nudge letter" to parents intervention designed to reduce chronic absenteeism among students in one urban district. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD), it estimates the impact of the intervention on improving student attendance. The forcing variable for the RDD was 2016-2017 attendance rate, with a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Letters (Correspondence), Parent Participation, Attendance
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kelli; Cruz, Anna; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
This study evaluates a "nudge letter" to parents intervention designed to reduce chronic absenteeism among students in one urban district. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD), it estimates the impact of the intervention on improving student attendance. The forcing variable for the RDD was 2016-17 attendance rate, with a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Letters (Correspondence), Parent Participation, Attendance