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DISCIPLINE
RESEARCH FINDING:
Schools contribute to their students' academic achievement by
establishing, communicating, and enforcing fair and consistent
discipline policies.
COMMENT:
For 16 of the last 17 years, the public has identified discipline
as the most serious problem facing its schools. Effective disci-
pline policies contribute to the academic atmosphere by empha-
sizing the importance of regular attendance, promptness, respect
for teachers and academic work, and good conduct.
Behavior and academic success go together. In one recent survey,
for example, high school sophomores who got "mostly A's" had one-
third as many absences or incidents of tardiness per semester as
those who got "mostly D's." The same students were 25 times more
likely to have their homework done and 7 times less likely to
have been in trouble with the law. Good behavior as a sophomore
led to better grades and higher achievement as a senior.
The discipline policies of most successful schools share these
traits:
. Discipline policies are aimed at actual problems, not
rumors.
. All members of the school community are involved in
creating a policy that reflects community values and is adapted
to the needs of the school.
. Misbehavior is defined. Because not everyone agrees on
what behavior is undesirable, defining problems is the first step
in solving them.
Students must know what kinds of behavior are acceptable
and what kinds are not.
. Discipline policies are consistently enforced. Students
must know the consequences of misbehavior, and they must believe
they will be treated fairly.
. A readable and well-designed handbook is often used to
inform parents and students about the school's discipline policy.
Brodinsky, B. (l980). "Student Discipline: Problems and Solu-
tions." AASA Critical Issues Report. Arlington, VA: American
Association of School Administrators. ERIC Document No. ED
l98206.
DiPrete, T. A. (l98l). Discipline, Order, and Student Behavior
in American High Schools. Chicago: National Opinion Research
Center. ERIC Document No. ED 224137.
Duke, D. L., and Jones, V. F. (l983). "Assessing Recent Efforts
to Reduce Student Behavior Problems." Paper presented at Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Mon-
treal, Canada. ERIC Document No. ED 233440.
Goldsmith, A. H. (February l4, l982). "Codes of Discipline:
Developments, Dimensions, Directions." Education and Urban So-
ciety (pp. 185-l95). ERIC Document No. EJ 260932.
Myers, D., et al. (l985). "Student Discipline and High School
Performance." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, Chicago.