The impact of instructional modality on student attendance and chronic absenteeism: A multi-year analysis across school types and grades in New York State

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Analysis shows chronic absenteeism trends vary by instructional modality and grades in New York, suggesting targeted interventions are needed.

Chronic absenteeism is inversely related to grade levels, consistently declining from early grades to high school.
Attendance rates for all modalities remain above 91%, despite a notable decline during remote learning in 2019–20.
Minor gender differences reveal absenteeism is slightly higher among male students across the analyzed cohorts.
Focused approaches are essential to tackle absenteeism, especially in non-traditional learning environments and for high school students.

Nyamuchengwa et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Analysis shows chronic absenteeism trends vary by instructional modality and grades in New York, suggesting targeted interventions are needed.