Problem
School administrators often face challenges in analyzing attendance data effectively due to limited familiarity with data processing. This leads to reliance on anecdotal evidence or labor-intensive methods for tracking and visualizing attendance trends. Such approaches can result in a reactive rather than proactive management style, with decisions being made based on isolated data points rather than comprehensive analysis.
Target
School administrators who are familiar with data processing/ visualization tools like PowerBI or Tableau
Solution
Dashboards in Tableau or PowerBI + corresponding workflow automations based on triggers/ thresholds
This enables:
- Identify Patterns and Trends: such as certain days of the week or times of the year with higher absenteeism rates.This supports optimization resources to effectively and tailor interventions
- Early Intervention and stakeholder coordination: Detecting signs of chronic absenteeism early enables schools to intervene promptly and provide targeted support to at-risk students, thereby improving student outcomes. Automations can support timely notifications to partners in child’s support/ caregiving network
- Monitor Intervention Effectiveness: After intervention, ongoing monitoring of attendance data helps assess their effectiveness. Schools can measure the impact of interventions and adjust their strategies accordingly to achieve better results