Configure Behaviors - Daily Attendance Glossary

Number of Days Enrolled - 

Average Daily Attendance - 

Average Daily Absence - 

Sum of Effective Daily Attendance - 

Sum of Effective Daily Absence - The sum of the effective daily absence for each element, subject to the calculation method given in the configuration.

*An effective daily absence example would be:
Student is enrolled in 6 elements (periods, classes). They were absent from 1 of those elements. Their effective daily absence for that day was .1667, indicating they were absent for 16.67% of the elements they were enrolled in, for that day. Summing this number over a period of time adds up the “pieces” of a day that a student was absent. If this same student was absent from 1 element on 5 other days, they would have a sum of effective daily absence of 1.000, indicating that they have now been absent for the equivalent of 1 absence for every element they are enrolled in (or one full “day”).

Effective Daily Absence - The portion of the day that a student is marked absent. This is calculated by student per day and takes into account the number of periods the student is scheduled where the course(s) are flagged to take attendance and any specific district calculations.

Sum of Effective Daily Excused Absent -

Number of Excused Tardies - The count of elements in a given timespan where an attendance record was flagged as “excused tardy”

Number of Unexcused Tardies - The count of elements in a given timespan where an attendance record was flagged as “unexcused tardy”

Number of Other Tardies - The count of elements in a given timespan where an attendance record was flagged as “other tardy”

Please note: There are 5 attendance flags for each attendance type : CountAsAbsence, CountAsTardy, CountAsExcused, CountAsUnexcused, CountAsOther. These flags are independent of each other and can be used simultaneously on the same attendance type. If a student attendance record is labeled as attendance type 1, and attendance type 1 has a flag for Count as Tardy, count as unexcused, count as other, That student will then have a “1” in number of tardies, number of unexcused tardies, and number of other tardies. A record with no type attached to it indicates “present”.

Number of Excused Absences - The count of elements in a given timespan where an attendance record was flagged as “unexcused absence”

Number of Unexcused Absences - The count of elements in a given timespan where an attendance record was flagged as “excused absence”

Number of Other Absences - The count of elements in a given timespan where an attendance record was flagged as “other absence”

Number of Other Present - As stated, the different AttendanceTypes can have each flag turned on/off. This was a district specific customization. In this particular attendance type, it was set to CountAsAbsence = False, CountAsTardy = False, CountAsOther = True. It would then give a student attendance record with this type +1 element “other present”.

This is the count of elements in a given timespan where an attendance record was flagged as “other present”.