How do schools “count” students—and why does it matter? 

In this 13-minute SFF Student Counts podcast, AIR senior researcher Amanda Danks talks with AIR principal researcher Drew Atchison about the two common ways districts count students – enrollment and attendance – and the reasoning behind each method. 

Amanda and Drew also discuss how each of these methods affects school funding, the challenges schools face when the student population shifts during the year, and ways to prevent resource shortages when student enrollment changes.