Effects of Student Uniforms on Attendance, Behavior Problems, Substance Use, and Academic Achievement

Abstract

Examined 10th-grade data from the 1988 National Educational Longitudinal Study to investigate the effects of school uniforms on student attendance, behavior problems, substance use, and academic achievement. Data from public, private, and Catholic schools indicated that uniforms had no direct effect on substance use, attendance, or behavior, and a negative effect on academic achievement. (SM)