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Requiring school uniforms improves student attendance.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that requiring school uniforms improves student attendance?

Partly. Evidence on whether uniform requirements improve attendance is mixed and only partial: a nationally representative study and a 1998 summary found no attendance benefit overall, and a randomized free-uniform program in Ecuador found attendance fell, while one urban-district study found attendance gains limited to secondary grades.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 2 sources for, 3 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 2
Dressed for Success? The Effect of School Uniforms on Student Achievement and Behavior
2009
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Gentile, E. & Imberman, S. A. (2009). Dressed for Success? The Effect of School Uniforms on Student Achievement and Behavior. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1465707

Evidence against · 3
Do school uniforms improve student behavior?
2011
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Do school uniforms improve student behavior?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/5148/do-school-uniforms-improve-student-behavior

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Dressed for Success? The Effect of School Uniforms on Student Achievement and Behavior. NBER Working Paper No. 17337
2011
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Elisabetta, G. & A., I. S. (2011). Dressed for Success? The Effect of School Uniforms on Student Achievement and Behavior. NBER Working Paper No. 17337. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED523245

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SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR: IS THERE A LINK?
2021
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Ansari, A., Shepard, M., & Gottfried, M. A. (2021). SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR: IS THERE A LINK?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.09.012

Can Provision of Free School Uniforms Harm Attendance? Evidence from Ecuador
2010
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Hidalgo, D., Onofa, M., Oosterbeek, H., & Ponce, J. (2010). Can Provision of Free School Uniforms Harm Attendance? Evidence from Ecuador. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1702974

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