Missing School, Missing Milestones: Do Early High School Absences Link to Lower Long-Term Educational Outcomes?
Educational Policy: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Policy and Practice
Published online on January 02, 2026
Abstract
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This study uses data from 2,933 youth from the Future Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine the extent to which school absences at age 15 predict key educational milestones by the end of high school, including disciplinary infractions, academic ...
This study uses data from 2,933 youth from the Future Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine the extent to which school absences at age 15 predict key educational milestones by the end of high school, including disciplinary infractions, academic ...