Attendance Improvement

Attendance Gains Start with Engagement. Our Solution Turns Insight into Early Action.

Improving attendance takes more than reminders…it takes partnership.

Behind every absence is a story. TalkingPoints helps schools and districts partner with families to understand the “why” and take action together.
Our text-first platform reaches 99% of families and transforms attendance data into timely, meaningful, two-way conversations that build trust, uncover root causes, and lead to lasting solutions. With system-wide visibility and robust analytics, we help your team shift from reacting to preventing—addressing barriers before they become patterns.

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A multi-tiered, research-backed approach to reducing absenteeism

TalkingPoints’ Attendance Improvement solution goes beyond alerts and compliance-driven outreach. Rooted in research and designed to foster trusting family-school partnerships, it helps schools and districts act early, collaborate with families, and reduce chronic absenteeism through timely insights and meaningful, targeted communication.

Communicate with care

Daily absence messages:
Automatically notify families using language and tone aligned with best practices, to raise awareness,
reinforce trust, and open the two-way line of communication.

Weekly attendance nudges:
Reinforce positive habits and build shared understanding about the importance of attendance with families.

Text-first, multilingual, two-way communication:
Reach 99% of families—no app, Wi-Fi, or logins needed—with built-in translation in 150+ languages.

Act early with robust insights

Real-time attendance dashboards:
School- and district-level views with tiered groupings and outreach tools to support early, targeted intervention.

Attendance trends:
Data views that break down absences to identify patterns, uncover root cause, and guide action.

Streamline workflows

Easy absence reporting:
Families can report absences and respond to absence notifications by text in their home language, helping
schools understand and address root causes—providing a more accessible alternative to calls or emails.

Dedicated attendance inbox
Consolidate attendance-related messages in a shared inbox to streamline workflows for staff.

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What Makes TalkingPoints Work

Built-in best practices, districtwide scale, smart use of data, and leading K–12 translation work together to help educators confidently engage every family, in any language, with the right support at the right time.

Embedded
Best Practices

Scaled Famly
Engagement

Data-informed
Guidance

Leading K12
Translation

Proven results

19.2%
Decrease in
chronic absenteeism

SPOTLIGHT

TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

7%

decrease in unexcused absences without a reason

2x

the number of absences moved from unexcused to excused

60%

increase in communication with families

Results from Tulsa Public Schools Attendance Improvement Plus pilot (January – June 2025)

See the impact TalkingPoints is making

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HOW THE TALKINGPOINTS PLATFORM WORKS:

4 STEPS TO IMPACT

From reach to results, this is how TalkingPoints helps educators strengthen family partnerships to improve student outcomes:

REACH

Text-first model

Reach 99% of families

<1% opt-out

COMMUNICATE

Industry- leading  K-12 translation

150+ languages

Human-supported translation

Literacy &  accessibility supports

ENGAGE

Two-way engagement

Embedded coaching & tools

Builds staff capacity

IMPROVE

Attendance rates & workflows

Academic outcomes

Student behavior  & well-being

Beloved by families Preferred by teachers Trusted by schools & districts

I love this [TalkingPoints]. It makes it so easy for me to keep up with my child’s progress by actually having a conversation with the teachers.

Pamela Jerral

Parent, Wake County Public Schools

When I used TalkingPoints, the student successful, the parent felt respected to be included and I made an ally. It was a win, win, win.”

Elizabeth Cashman

Millde School Teacher, Osseo Area Schools

From the district level, I’m seeing things de-escalating. I’m seeing joy. I’m seeing questions answered. It’s been instrumental to sustain that relationship.

Merecedes J. Williams

District Leader, Pittsburgh Public Schools

TalkingPoints Attendance
Improvement at-a-glance:

Real-Time School & District Dashboards

Automated Daily Absence Messaging

Smart, Targeted Attendance Messaging

SMS Text-First Messaging & Response

(two-way communication for all messages)

150+ Languages Supported

Attendance Message Series

Attendance Trends

Class Period, Tardy Tracking & Trend Analysis

Account type

Dedicated Attendance Inbox

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Related resources

Oakland Unified School District, CA

Oakland Unified School District is one of the most diverse districts in California, with 50% of students speaking a language other than English…

Elk Grove Unified School District, CA

Teachers in California’s fifth-largest district succeeded in engaging previously unreachable families to show up for meetings and conferences during the pandemic…

Independence High School, Charlotte, NC

In just six months, administrators, teachers, and families sent over 120,000 messages. Principal David Legrand nearly tripled response to a food giveaway event…

Our commitment to impact

As a nonprofit, TalkingPoints builds solutions that are grounded in research and designed for real-world results. We’re proud to partner with Attendance Works to incorporate evidence-based strategies that address the root causes of absenteeism—not just the symptoms. These best practices are built into our platform to help schools and districts take meaningful, proactive steps toward improving attendance.

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