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I do not agree with allowing students not to take finals if they have perfect attendance or are never tardy. The final is an important portion of the course that proves how much the student learned over the semester. We are doing a disservice to our kids by allowing them to opt out of finals. It may be a great incentive, but then you also get students coming to school with a 101 fever just so they don't have to take the final.

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They are the ones who are or are not attending. What are the things that would make them want to be here? Why are they chronically late? Let's survey the kids and see what they are thinking. If we don't we are missing an important piece of information that could help us find a better solution.

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We have a population of students who receive a monthly stipend for attending school. However, they are only required to be enrolled, not maintain a specific grade or attend a certain number of days. For those students, they come to collect a check

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We have a population of students who receive a monthly stipend for attending school. However, they are only required to be enrolled, not maintain a specific grade or attend a certain number of days. For those students, they come to collect a check

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Grades should reflect knowledge not behaviors. Based on the research

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I have never given a daily grade because I believed we were not allowed to give participation grades. However, I think if we gave 2 points a day, it could help some students out. Each student get 2 points for showing up on time and working throughout class. They get 1 point for showing up late, or if they didn't work hard throughout the entire class. They get 0 points if they are absent. They are not able to make those points up if they are absent. If it is a medical/court/school excuse, you exempt them from the grade for the day so that it doesn't help or hurt them. I believe there is value in the material we discuss in class. I cannot give an assignment for each topic we discuss. Neither the students nor I have that much time. The students still learn from many of those topics.

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INCENTIVES
I like the idea

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What about giving early finals to those with ZERO absences and ZERO tardies and then letting them have the option of a water day the last couple of days of school or not having to come those last two days? If you rented a huge water slide and had water-related games, the kids would really want to be a part of that while everyone else is doing finals

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If you have perfect attendance you are exempt from taking the semester exam.

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Suggestion: If the students earns a 90% on the final you take away 3 excused absences, 80% you take 2 absences, 70% 1 absence.

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Either a sloping scale for % points added to a grade i.e. 3% added on for perfect, 2% for 1 absence, 1% for 2 absences. Or you can add points to their final exam. For example 50 pts.  if they have perfect attendance, 40 additional pts if they have 1 absence etc.

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In addition to the Monthly drawing, how about a grand prize drawing! Let's get one of the local business to donate a car, laptop etc.

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It's nice to think that a student's grade isn't tied to attendance, but consider that a student misses 20% of their classes, but still scores an 80% in your class. What does that say of the rigor in your curriculum? Not only does the state tie attendance to rating, but it also ties it to funding, doesn't it? We have to look to finding a reason for the students to value coming to school. We can't get them to learn if they aren't here in the first place.

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Awarding prizes only motivate those who see a value in education. The kids not coming will still not come because they are so disenfranchised they don't believe they can win, so they won't try.
We have to out-stubborn them. They are too use to getting their way (forcing the adults to give up when something doesn't work immediately).
We need to find out what will get them here. Some simply CAN'T because of something at home.
Let's have those conversations with those kids and mentor them.

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SO let's look at INCENTIVES. What would make a student want to get out of bed and come to school? A new iPhone7 ?How about Movie Tickets? A chance at a Free Cap and Gown at Graduation? Amazon Gift Card? Boston's Gift Card? Could we sell this ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE to our community? Could we market this to Rotary and Kiwanis and our local business men and women and see if we could get them to donate items to use as incentives?

This needs to be done MONTHLY to keep the momentum going.  Students with NO Tardies each month get X Tickets, Students with NO Absences get X Tickets, etc...  Must define what an absence is and isn't.  Big prize at the end of each Semester.  Grand Prize at the end of the year. A Big deal made at the Assemblies.  Can we get a HUGE Bingo style ticket cage to have everyone's names in it? Have the Mayor come and pull the winning ticket.   Or a DJ from Phx!  One year we had a CAR donated at Casa Verde. IT was freaking AWESOME!!

Does it take work? YES! Will we have to write a zillion letters to every business in town and beg? YES!  NHS, StuCo and every student organization should help with this. Will it work? I bet it will help!! If we start it each year will get better and easier!!

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When My children where here if they had perfect attendance they could opt to not take finals

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I agree that grades should NOT be awarded for behavior but for assignments they master. They could be awarded some other incentive for attendance - It may not motivate EVERY kid but I'd be willing to bet that many more kids would be willing to compete because kids are competitive. When we play Quizlet Live in my class, even my least motivated kids are competitive.

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When I taught in Idaho students who reached the 9 days missed unless it was a medical reason lost credit in that course and were sent to study hall for the rest of the semester. Tardies the same thing, although they were allowed one detention and Saturday school to make up or the tardies. I perhaps think extra enrichment work for those students who are absent in addition to making it inconvenient for them to get those days back. Not sure detention and Saturday Schools work as well as they should though. Maybe having the parents have to attend with the student to a Saturday school or after school mandatory study hall would provide more incentive for the student to be there on time or to be in class period.

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When we talk about attendance incentives, who are we aiming them towards? The student that has 3 absences in a semester, or the student that has 10-20?

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It is my understanding that a student's grade should represent the level of mastery in a subject and not be tied to behavior.  Giving percentage points to a grade for attendance is tying a grade to behavior.  With the NC, the student still has a grade (percentage) or indication of level of mastery of the course, the student just does not receive credit for the course.

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Incentive points for good attendance.  I believe in authentic learning.  When students are present there are many things they learn that are not reflected in their grade. When students are absent they miss things so at a point we say they have missed too much authentic learning and we give them an NC which means that they have to take the class over no matter what their grade. I suggest 3-5 percentage points for perfect attendance, 2-3 points for only 1 absence and 1-2 for only 2 absences.

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Incentive points for good attendance.  I believe in authentic learning.  When students are present there are many things they learn that are not reflected in their grade. When students are absent they miss things so at a point we say they have missed too much authentic learning and we give them an NC which means that they have to take the class over no matter what their grade. I suggest 3-5 percentage points for perfect attendance, 2-3 points for only 1 absence and 1-2 for only 2 absences.