Do Parents and Schools Agree on the Best Ways to Get Involved?
Do Parents and Schools Agree on the Best Ways to Get Involved?
Efforts by Public K-8 Schools to Involve Parents in Children's Education: Do Schools and Parents Agree?
The importance of parent involvement in children's education has long been established. Research over the past two decades has demonstrated that children whose parents are involved are more likely than others to have positive educational outcomes, such as:
• improved academic performance
• better school attendance
• higher aspirations
• reduced dropout rates
• increased graduation rates.
This report examines the level of agreement between parents' and schools' views of how parents respond to the opportunities for involvement that schools provide. Specifically, this report addresses two major questions:
• Do children's parents acknowledge the efforts that schools reportedly are making?
• Do schools report the same level of parent participation in school programs as parents do?
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Title: Efforts by Public K-8 Schools Involve Parents in Children's Education: Do School and Parents Agree?: Statistical Analysis Report, September 2001
Publication #/Education ID: NCES 2001-076
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