Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The purpose of this non-experimental correlational study was to determine the relationship between the type of attendance policies in the high schools of the 67 Florida school districts, the size of the school district (number of high school students), the socioeconomic status (SES) of the school district, and the average daily attendance rate of the district. Additionally, the study determined if the relationship between policy type and attendance rate was moderated by SES and size. To test the research questions, high school attendance polices were examined and coded into one of three pre-determined categories: punitive, reward, or affective. The SES level and district size were also examined. A percentage was calculated for each district with respect to the makeup of attendance policies (by type). Polices that were punitive in nature were found to be most commonly implemented (mean 81.14 percent).
Extent
x, 88 p. : ill.
Recommended Citation
Reardon, Ryan Turner, "analysis of Florida's school districts' attendance policies and their relationship to high school attendance rates" (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1410.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1410
Identifier
FADT58010
Comments
by Ryan Turner Reardon.|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL : 2008 Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Ryan Turner Reardon.