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No matter how hard school districts strive to better serve the children in their communities, the reality is that if students don’t show up to school, none of it matters.

On top of that, districts lose funding when students are absent, making it even harder for teachers and leaders to achieve their goals.

Just like the communities we partner with, Kinvolved is committed to helping more kids make it to school each day—and the initial results from our 2017–2018 impact study tell us there’s reason to be excited:

Districts using KiNVO to track attendance and engage families average a 2% increase in average daily attendance (ADA) in their first year—and that translates to a serious budget boost.

We want to help districts find more funds to educate, engage, and inspire their students, so we looked at state funding formulas across the country and built customized calculators you can use to find out how improving attendance can also improve your district’s bottom line.

Using the calculator is easy:

• Go to https://kinvolved.com/attendance-calculator/
• Select your state from the dropdown
• Enter your district’s ADA (if your state doesn’t have a specialized ADA formula, we may ask for your per-student funding amount, too)

We’ll automatically estimate your funding increase. Then if you’re interested in turning that estimate into a real-life return, get in touch.

This blog post is part of our “Guide to Family Communications” series, based on the stories we collected while assembling our 2016–2017 Impact Report.

Daily attendance tracking allows teachers to spot early warning signs, plan interventions, and monitor improvements. Teachers and leaders benefit from learning how to make a habit of taking attendance each day, reviewing the data regularly, and learning to let the data inform conversations with students, teachers, and families.

Educator perspectives on how Kinvolved helps

The Kinvolved team partners with school systems to strategize ways to boost utilization rates and make attendance data more accurate.

Ms. S. worked with her Kinvolved coach to send weekly emails to her teachers that include attendance rates, the effect of KiNVO usage on attendance, students who are improving their attendance, and teachers who take attendance in 100% of their classes each week.

As the result of a Kinvolved coaching session, Ms. B. now sends out monthly attendance newsletters: “I spotlight teachers with high utilization, and once other teachers see it, they think ‘Ok, I want to use it too.’”

Putting it into practice

• Teachers: Participate in Kinvolved professional learning sessions to increase your comfort with KiNVO, learn its full feature set, use the software with fidelity, and increase your usage.
• Leaders: Work with the Kinvolved team to learn and understand the barriers that prevent teachers from taking attendance daily, then receive tailored suggestions about how to boost teacher utilization.