ED400125 PS024743
Title: Parents and Schools: Partners in Student Learning. Statistics
in Brief.
Author(s): Carey, Nancy; Farris, Elizabeth
Author Affiliation: Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD.(BBB22888)
Pages: 10
Publication Date: October 1996
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Report No: NCES-96-913
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--Research
(143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Maryland
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB1997
Recognizing
the critical role of parent involvement for the success of their
children in school, this report presents statistics which focus
on various areas in which parents and schools can work together
to develop partnerships. The report presents data collected from
a survey of 810 public elementary schools serving kindergarten through
grade 8. Results were weighted to produce national estimates of
all public schools serving these grades. Data were collected on
several kinds of activities which public elementary schools sponsor
to encourage parent involvement, the amount of parent participation
in those activities, and the extent to which parent input is considered
in
decisionmaking related to school issues. This report discusses results
of school-sponsored activities to inform and involve parents, including:
(1) "Parent Attendance at School Events"; (2) "Parent
Attendance by School Characteristics"; (3) "Parent Participation
in School Decisionmaking"; and (4) "Parent Input Through
School Councils." The Brief concludes with a summary of findings
and a section of technical notes describing how the survey was conducted.
Includes five tables of descriptive statistics. (AMC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Elementary Education; *Elementary
Schools; *Parent Influence; *Parent Participation; Parent Teacher
Conferences; Participative Decision Making; *Partnerships in Education;
School Culture; *School Surveys
Identifiers: Fast Response Survey System; *School Community Association;
School Councils; *School Effectiveness Indices; School Influence
