Approaches to Parental Involvement for Improving the Academic Performance of Elementary School Children in Grades K-6 by Chad Nye, Herb Turner, Jamie Schwartz from Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP.org)
September 16th, 2009 by El Ed Mom
Introduction
This report summarizes the most dependable evidence on the effect of parental involvement intervention programs for improving the academic performance of elementary school-age children. The authors show that parent involvement has a positive and significant effect on children’s overall academic performance.¹
Research Background
Parent involvement programs have been assumed to be important contributors to elementary school children’s educational success. These programs include direct parent involvement outside school hours, parent volunteer programs in the classroom, parent attendance, and participation in nonacademic activities (e.g., PTO, fund raising, etc.). For many years, researchers, educators, parent groups, and policymakers have debated whether or not parent involvement has a beneficial effect on the academic achievement of children.
Research Objective
The purpose of this review was to summarize the most dependable evidence on the effect of parental involvement for improving the academic performance of elementary school-age children in grades K–6. The most dependable evidence was defined as studies that include at least two groups and use random assignment to form a fair comparison between groups.
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