Attendance Improvement

Attendance Gains
Start with Engagement.

Improving attendance takes more than reminders–it takes partnership.

TalkingPoints helps schools reduce absenteeism by engaging families as partners, uncovering the “why” behind absences and addressing barriers early, before attendance challenges become chronic.

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

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TalkingPoints moves beyond automated calls with a multi-tiered approach focused on prevention first, using timely data-driven insights and two-way communication to quickly identify at-risk students early and intervene before absenteeism becomes chronic.

What sets TalkingPoints Attendance Improvement apart

Communicate with care

Automated absence messages
Notify families using best-practice language and tone to reinforce trust and open a two-way line of communication

Weekly attendance nudges
Reinforce positive attendance habits with families through proactive, encouraging outreach

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

Take action on your attendance data

Real-time dashboards
School and district dashboards with tiered groupings and tools to support early, targeted intervention

Attendance trends
Clear data views that surface patterns, uncover root causes, and guide timely, informed action

Streamline workflows

Easy absence reporting
Families report absences by text in their home language, helping schools capture context and reduce calls and emails

Dedicated attendance inbox
Centralize attendance messages in a shared inbox so staff can collaborate efficiently and respond faster

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Why TalkingPoints

Built-in best practices, districtwide scale, actionable 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 pilot (January – June 2025)

See the impact TalkingPoints is making

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HOW TALKINGPOINTS WORKS

Four Steps to Improve Attendance by Engaging Families

REACH

SMS text-first model

Reach 99% of families

<1% opt-out

COMMUNICATE

150+ languages

K-12 contextualized translation

Human-backed translation

ENGAGE

Enables two-way communication

Dialogue builds trust, gets to root cause

Embedded coaching & Family engagement

IMPROVE

Attendance rates

Streamline attendance workflows

Academic outcomes

Student well-being

You can’t get to step 4 without steps 1–3

Attendance Improvement

EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES LOVE TALKINGPOINTS

“In the first week alone, I received more responses from the TalkingPoints outreach than ever before! I’m so pleased to be getting responses from parents I’ve never gotten a response from before.”

Kristin Bakeman

Attendance Support, Valentine Hills Elementary (MN)

“TalkingPoints helped us reach families we just hadn’t been able to before. Texting, especially when translated and timely, became the connection point we needed.”

Grace Cáceres-Cuadros

Attendance Recovery Coordinator, Tulsa Public Schools (OK)

“I use TalkingPoints to communicate with my families on a daily basis. It has helped increase my student’s attendance and allows my parents to engage in their student’s learning.”

Michael Mulloy

Resource Officer, Arvada High School (CO)

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

Dedicated attendance inbox

Student information system (SIS) integration

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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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TalkingPoints partners with districts across the country

1 in 4

US schools use TalkingPoints

1 in 4

US districts use TalkingPoints

24M+

Families, educators & students building relationships

1B+

Over 1 billion messages exchanged

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Ready to build a culture where every student shows up and thrives?

See how our classroom and school-level tools support daily connection with families, and how our best-practice district communication tools foster clarity and trust across your entire system.

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