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Auburn principals credit outreach, interventions as absenteeism falls and test scores rise
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Auburn School Committee heard a district 'State of the Schools' report showing chronic absenteeism fell districtwide and proficiency rates rose in reading and math, with notable subgroup gains for multilingual learners and students with disabilities.
AUBURN, Maine — The Auburn School Committee on Feb. 4 heard its annual "State of the Schools" presentation, in which principals and district leaders highlighted a fall in chronic absenteeism and improved fall assessment scores across the district.
Superintendent Sue Doris told the committee that districtwide chronic absenteeism dropped from 25% to 20% this year and that fall assessment proficiencies rose to 84% in both reading and math. "We've seen gains in literacy and math across subgroups," Doris said, noting specific improvements for economically disadvantaged students, multilingual learners (MLL) and students in special education.
Principals outlined local efforts they say produced the results. Sherwood Heights' presenter, Mr. Davis, said the school's chronic absenteeism rate fell from 15% to 10% and credited a schoolwide…
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