#  Our Work 

 



##  NCRERN Publications 

### **NCRERN's Model**

   ![Intro to NCRERN](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.20.50_pm.png?itok=2YmngGKw) 

 

[**An Introduction to NCRERN**](/file_url/153)  
April 2022

   ![Intro to Continuous Improvement](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.18.04_pm.png?itok=CYJrsglS) 

 

[**An Introduction to NCRERN's Continuous Improvement Model**](/file_url/161)  
Hayley Didriksen  
December 2022

   ![Intro to NY and OH](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.19.16_pm.png?itok=zHplDxJp) 

 

[**An Introduction to NCRERN's New York & Ohio Rural Research Network**](/file_url/152)  
Katherine Kieninger, Jennifer Ash, and Kellie Solowski  
April 2022

### **Attendance**

   ![Trends in Student Absenteeism](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.05.33_pm_01.png?itok=En-bpDH9) 

 

[**Trends in Student Absenteeism in NCRERN's New York & Ohio Rural Research Network**](/file_url/154)  
Katherine Kieninger, Jennifer Ash, Kellie Solowski, and Elise Swanson  
November 2022

   ![Results from 6 Pilots](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.10.09_pm.png?itok=CJjA3OL4) 

 

[**Improving Rural Attendance:** ](/file_url/160)[**Results from Six Pilots in NCRERN's New York & Ohio Rural Research Network**](https://ncrern.provingground.cepr.harvard.edu/sites/hwpi.harvard.edu/files/ncrern/files/ncrern_attendance_results_updated.pdf?m=1687358684)  
Elise Swanson  
November 2022 (updated May 2023)

   ![Using Continuous Improvement Cycles](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.11.26_pm.png?itok=-2Hq3ZSZ) 

 

[**Using Continuous Improvement Cycles to Improve Attendance**](/file_url/155)  
Hayley Didriksen, Kellie Solowski, Jennifer Ash, and Katherine Kieninger  
November 2022

### **Navigating COVID-19**

   ![The Response of Rural Districts to the Pandemic](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.27.38_pm.png?itok=koq0-wzb) 

 

[**The Response of Rural Districts to the COVID-19 Pandemic**](https://cepr.harvard.edu/files/cepr/files/ncrern_report.pdf)  
Tara Nicola, Alexis Gable, Jennifer Ash  
July 2020

   ![Rural School Districts can be creative](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-05-21_at_1.29.10_pm.png?itok=LNPj2yb3) 

 

[**Rural school districts can be creative in solving the internet connectivity gap—but they need support**](https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2020/08/10/rural-school-districts-can-be-creative-in-solving-the-internet-connectivity-gap-but-they-need-support/?preview_id=965463)  
Alice Opalka, Alexis Gable, Tara Nicola, and Jennifer Ash  
Brookings  
August 10, 2020



 

##  NCRERN Resources 

   ![Personalized Messaging How-To](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-04-23_at_3.35.46_pm.png?itok=XyvqoiJ5) 

 

[**Personalized Messaging How-To Guide**](/file_url/148)  
A step-by-step guide on how to implement an evidence-based messaging intervention aimed at improving student attendance.

   ![Attendance Tracking](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-04-23_at_3.43.21_pm.png?itok=8AlDvjcF) 

 

[**Attendance Tracking Guidance**](/file_url/127)  
Guidance to Proving Ground and NCRERN partners as they finalize plans to measure attendance in the 20-21 school year.

   ![Postcard Best Practices](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-04-23_at_3.38.34_pm.png?itok=-mNpsqPx) 

 

[**Attendance Intervention Best Practices**](/file_url/131)  
Learnings and best practices from NCRERN's partner districts experiences with the Attendance Intervention.

   ![Schooling During COVID](/sites/g/files/omnuum3601/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/ncrern/files/screenshot_2024-04-23_at_3.39.41_pm.png?itok=GF4RxjnN) 

 

[**Schooling during COVID-19: Concerns and Solutions**](/file_url/130)  
Suggestions and options for solving COVID-19 related problems.



 

##  Research Clearinghouse 

NCRERN conducted a systematic review to better understand the current state of the descriptive and causal research on attendance and postsecondary entry in rural settings.



 

 



 [ Access the Attendance Research Clearinghouse arrow\_circle\_right ](/clearinghouse) [ Access the Postsecondary Research Clearinghouse arrow\_circle\_right ](/rural-postsec-research-clearinghouse)