Strategic StudentAttendance Works Resource Library
The field's deepest free toolkit on chronic absence, from messaging templates to tiered intervention guides.
Resources
Strategic resources
Everything an educator needs in one place: the Intervention Library of what to try, the Research Library of evidence behind it, and the best free, best-of-the-field resources we lean on ourselves. No login, no PII, no cost.
Sample interventions
8 categories
Check-In / Check-Out (CICO)Tier 2
School-wide PBISTier 1
High-Dosage TutoringTier 3
Attendance
Behavior & SEL
Academic
Family
Vetted interventions, all cited
200+
What to try when the data says something
Intervention Library
200+ vetted, research-backed interventions across eight categories and every MTSS tier. Each one is matched to the risk indicators that surface in Strategic Student, so you can go from "here's what the data says" to "here's what we're doing about it."
- 200+ interventions, spanning attendance, academics, behavior, family, and more
- Every entry tagged by MTSS tier and evidence level
- Live search plus category and tier filters to pull what fits your students
- For the moment you think, "okay, but what do I actually do?"
Inside the collection
What matters for staying on-track and graduating
Early warning
The impressive effects of tutoring on PreK-12 learning
Intervention
The importance of being in school: chronic absenteeism
Attendance
100+ peer-reviewed research
The evidence behind every threshold
Research Library
The research behind the tools. Every threshold, every recommendation, and every "the data says" on this site traces back to evidence: 100+ peer-reviewed research studies from leading K-12 researchers and real district implementations.
- 100+ peer-reviewed research studies and field references in one place
- Topic filters for early warning, attendance, equity, and more
- A direct source link on every entry, so you can check it yourself
- For the moment someone asks, "says who?"
Beyond our own tools
The best of the field
Free, trusted resources we point educators to all the time. These are the organizations, guides, and data sources we lean on ourselves, grouped by what you're trying to do.
Attendance
Early Warning
MTSS & Intervention
Behavior & SEL
Data Literacy
Attendance and chronic absenteeism
IES Strategies to Address Chronic Absenteeism
Federal, evidence-based strategies for reducing chronic absenteeism, with practices you can put to work this year.
Every Student Present
A campaign hub focused on the family-facing side of attendance, built to make showing up feel doable.
LA County Student Attendance Playbook
A practical, district-tested playbook for building an attendance system from the ground up.
Attendance Solutions Network
A national network sharing what's actually moving attendance numbers across districts right now.
Attendance Works Family Messaging
Ready-to-use messages and templates for talking with families about attendance without shame or blame.
Early warning systems
EWS Issue Brief
The federal issue brief that lays out what an early warning system is and why it works.
Forum Guide to Early Warning Systems
A thorough technical guide on building and governing an EWS, from indicators to data quality.
Dropout Prevention Practice Guide
Evidence-rated recommendations for keeping students on the path to graduation.
Everyone Graduates Center
The home of the ABC early-warning research that underpins this entire site.
National Dropout Prevention Center
A long-running clearinghouse of strategies, research, and model programs for prevention work.
Michigan EWIMS Implementation Guide
A state-built model for running early warning, intervention, and monitoring as one system.
Colorado Dropout Prevention Framework
A statewide framework connecting early warning data to coordinated prevention efforts.
Rhode Island Early Warning System
A statewide EWS resource showing how one state operationalizes early identification.
MTSS and intervention
National MTSS Center
The federal center for multi-tiered systems of support, with frameworks, tools, and implementation help.
NCII Intensive Intervention Resources
Tools and tools charts for Tier 3, where students need the most intensive support.
Communities In Schools
The national network behind integrated student supports and the site-coordinator model.
IRIS Center at Vanderbilt
Free, self-paced modules on evidence-based practices for educators and PD leaders.
Panorama MTSS Toolkit
Practical guides and templates for running MTSS, including data routines and meeting structures.
Behavior and social-emotional
Center on PBIS
The authoritative source for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, tier by tier.
PBIS World
A practitioner-friendly index of behavior strategies sorted by the problem you're seeing.
CASEL SEL Resources
The organization that defined social-emotional learning, with frameworks and program guidance.
Search Institute
Home of the Developmental Relationships and Assets research on what helps young people thrive.
Washoe County SECA Tools
The district's nationally recognized social-emotional competency assessment tools, free to use.
Data literacy and data sources
Data Quality Campaign
The national voice on using education data well, with plain-language policy and practice guidance.
Data Literacy for Leaders
A state-built professional learning series on reading and acting on data as a leader.
KIDS COUNT Data Center
The go-to source for child well-being data by state, county, and city.
Office for Civil Rights Data
National discipline, access, and equity data you can use to check your own numbers.
Opportunity to Learn
Research and advocacy framing access and opportunity as the real story behind the gaps.
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