Educational Practices to Identify And Support Students Experiencing Homelessness
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
This survey of school leaders is intended to collect information on the practices that schools are using to improve attendance; the organizational systems in place to support those attendance practices; personnel related to improving attendance; school leader involvement in attendance initiatives; and school leader perceptions of barriers to attendance for their students. The survey can be used to capture a snapshot of attendance strategies and variation within a given context (e.g., district, region, state), track changes in attendance strategies over time, or evaluate the association between attendance strategies and improved student attendance.
Organization
Topic
Content
Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Other
Administration Information
Length
15 - 20 minutes
Qualifications
None
Administration
Computer
Access and Use
Developer
Jeremy Singer and Sarah Winchell Lenhoff
Contact
Jeremy Singer, jeremylsinger@gmail.com
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Singer, J. & Lenhoff, S. W. (2025). How are Michigan’s schools addressing chronic absenteeism? Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research, Wayne State University. https://detroitpeer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/How-Are-Michigans-Schools-Addressing-Chronic-Absenteeism.pdf
Singer, J. (2025). Attendance practices in high-absenteeism districts. Educational Policy, 39(6), 1209-1240.
Setting
Schoolwide
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
The items in this survey help capture the specific attendance practices that school leaders report using, as well as organizational systems, staffing, and leadership related to attendance. The survey can help provide a snapshot of these elements for a school or set of schools. Follow up questions on the survey also help capture the extent of use (e.g., frequency, implementation progress) and duration of use for these elements of a school's attendance strategy. It is important to note, however, that the survey is limited in its ability to capture qualitative differences in how the practices or systems are designed and implemented; or how staff or leadership engage in attendance-related activities.
Note that the sample version of the survey is from a statewide study in Michgian, and has some Michigan-specific elements that can be removed for its use in other contexts. The survey instrument can be adapted to include locally-relevant items or questions where necessary.
Item Type
Multiple choice
Likert
