Term of Award
Spring 2013
Degree Name
Doctor of Education in Education Administration (Ed.D.)
Document Type and Release Option
Dissertation (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development
Committee Chair
Russell Mays
Committee Member 1
Gerard J. Burke
Committee Member 2
Paul Brinson Jr.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a relationship exists between the implementation of a mandatory uniform policy in an urban public middle school and student attendance rates (as measured by the schools yearly progress report collected by the state Board of Education). Four schools serving students in grades 6-8 in an urban school district in Georgia were included in this study.
Three comparisons were used to determine whether or not and, if so, the extent to which the relationships existed. Some qualitative and quantitative measures were utilized in the design of this mixed method study. These methods were used as control for other plausible explanations for improvements in school attendance rates; to measure a school without an implemented mandatory uniforms policy; and to measure the schools with employed mandatory uniform policies’ attendance rates. Analyses employed ANOVA and t-tests with Z-Score tests for small sample size.
Through these three comparisons, a pattern emerged that indicated the implementation of mandatory uniforms in public schools has a positive relationship with student attendance rates.
Recommended Citation
Mayweather, Jessica, "The Relationship between Mandatory School Uniforms and Attendance" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 825.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/825
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
Included in
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration Commons
