Va. schools will be graded on how many students missed class this year

 From the Washington Post, reporter Karina Elwood. Full story here.

Chronic absenteeism had not been counted against schools since before the pandemic

For the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, schools in Virginia will be graded on whether students are coming to school.

In Virginia, chronically absent students are defined as those who miss 10 percent or more of the school year, which typically measures out to missing 18 or more days. During the pandemic, the state suspended using a school’s chronic absenteeism rate as a factor in measuring school performance.