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What Kind of Parent Involvement Helps Children the Most?

Summary In this American School Board Journal article, Patte Barth, director of the Center for Public Education, reports on a new National School Boards Association study of parent involvement. Researchers found that the practices most likely to produce higher student achievement take place at home:

  • Monitoring homework;
  • Making sure children get to school;
  • Rewarding their efforts;
  • Talking up the idea of going to college.
These parent actions are linked to better attendance, grades, test scores, and preparation for college.

Author Patte Barth

Citation “Research: What Can Parents Do?” in American School Board Journal, November 2011 (Vol. 198, #11, p. 32-33)

Link http://www.asbj.com/MainMenuCategory/Archive/2011/November/Most-Effective-Parental-Involvement.html

Most Effective Parent Involvement

School leaders, educators, and certainly parents all believe parent involvement is a key element in school success. But for all of the PTA meetings, back-to-school nights, parenting classes, and classroom volunteering, what, if anything, does parent involvement contribute to making successful students?

NSBA’s Center for Public Education (CPE) set out to answer this question in its recent report, Back to School: How parent involvement affects student achievement. What it found is somewhat surprising: Parent involvement can take many forms, but only a few of them relate to higher student performance. Of those that work, parental actions that support children’s learning at home are most likely to have an impact on academic achievement at school.

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Posted by Mr. Bilides on November 28, 2011. Filed under: Attendance • College • Homework • Parenting • Transportation •

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