ED375968 PS022797
Title: A New Generation of Evidence: The Family is Critical to Student
Achievement.
Author(s): Henderson, Anne T., Ed.; Berla, Nancy, Ed.
Author Affiliation: National Committee for Citizens in Education,
Washington, DC.(BBB29421)
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 1994
Sponsoring Agency: Mott (C.S.) Foundation, Flint, MI. (BBB04331)@Danforth
Foundation, St. Louis, MO. (OHH20210)
ISBN: 0-934460-41-8
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC07 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reference materials (130)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1995
This report
covers 66 studies, reviews, reports, analyses, and books. Of these
39 are new; 27 have been carried over from previous editions. An
ERIC search was conducted to identify relevant studies. Noting that
the most accurate predictor of student achievement is the extent
to which the family is involved in his or her education, this report
presents a collection of research papers on the function and importance
of family to a student's achievement and education in school and
the community. The research is divided into two categories: (1)
studies on programs and interventions from early childhood through
high school, including school policy; and (2) studies on family
processes. The first category presents studies that evaluate or
assess the effects of programs and other interventions, including
early childhood and preschool programs and home visits for families
with infants and toddlers, programs to help elementary and middle
schools work more closely with families, and high school programs
and community efforts to support families in providing wider opportunities
for young people. The second category presents studies on the way
that families behave and interact with their children, including
the relationship between parent involvement and student achievement
from the family perspective, characteristics of families as learning
environments and their effects on student performance, and class
and cultural mismatch. Two pages are devoted to each study. Each
study is summarized; key elements of the program and important findings
are presented. Major findings indicate that the family makes critical
contributions to student achievement from the earliest childhood
years through high school, and efforts to improve children's outcomes
are much more effective when the family is actively involved. (AP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Early Childhood Education; Elementary
Secondary Education; *Family Environment; *Family Influence; *Family
Programs; Family School Relationship; Intervention; *Outcomes of
Education; Parent Education; *Parent Participation; *Parent Student
Relationship; School Community Relationship; School Policy; School
Readiness; Socioeconomic Status
