MissingSchool acknowledges and thanks Gina Meyers and Tony Barnett for preparing the working paper Data Collection: what data do we need? Kids with a significant illness or injury may experience an extended absence from school. Alternatively, some illnesses or injuries may lead to an accumulation of many short absences over the course of the school year/life. When schools fail to recognise the accumulation of such absences, they fail to recognise that the student may not be receiving appropriate support. This working paper will be developed and used for advocacy on national, state and territory, and school data collection considerations for this context.
