Publication Date

7-1950

Advisor(s) - Committee Chair

Lee Jones

Degree Program

School of Teacher Education

Degree Type

Master of Arts

Abstract

During the school year 1944-45, the Division of Census and. Attendance of the Kentucky State Department of Education attempted to find the answer to two very important and timely questions concerning school enrollment and attendance in the state. These two questions were first, 'Why do children fail to enroll in school?" and second, 'Why do children fail to attend regularly after they do enroll?"

Survey forms were prepared and sent to all of the 257 school districts in the state, calling for the number of census children by age, grade, sex and race not enrolled in school and why they failed to enroll. Reports on the non-enrollment study were not received from five counties and twelve independent districts. Each district was invited to participate in the cause of absence study. Notwithstanding the fact that participation in the cause of absence study was placed upon a voluntary basis, fifty-three counties and thirty-six independent districts participated in the survey.

Disciplines

Education | Educational Administration and Supervision | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration

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