An Evaluation of a National Program to Reduce Student Absenteeism in High School

Michael Baker, Nina Drange and Hege Marie Gjefsen

No 30194, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Starting in the 2016/17 academic year, high school students in Norway who missed more than 10 percent of hours in a given course without a medical excuse could not receive a final grade. Across all students, the new policy reduced total absence by 21-28 percent, and chronic absence by 29-39 percent. This behavioral response was largely sufficient to avoid the academic penalty for absence over the 10 percent threshold. We also find the policy had a positive impact on teacher awarded GPA for groups with larger baseline absence and greater absolute changes in attendance.

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Date: 2022-07
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