8. Do Uniforms Make Our Schools Better? We are aware that there are a lot of presumptions out there about school uniforms. Eight years of research was done on uniforms and it is clear that: Uniform policies are not effective. Uniforms do not make our schools better. Elementary schools have implemented uniforms at a rapid rate: 1 percent in late 1980’s to 15.5 percent by 2000, and 23 percent in 2002, middle and high schools at half of elementary schools.