Teacher Practical Guidance:

Parental Involvement with School

Category: External

Rank Order

62

Effect Size

0.37

Achievement Gain %

14

How-To Strategies

Three Types of Parent Involvement: Kim (2022)

  1. Academic Socialization
  2. School Involvement
  3. Home Involvement

 

Positive Parent Involvement Factors: Castro (2015) & Senechal (2006)

  • Having high academic expectations  for their children
  • Developing and maintaining communication with teachers and school
  • Engaged in after-school activities of children
  • Parent involvement in enrichment activities that extend learning at home
  • Reading at home and providing books and literacy materials
  • Listening to children read

 

Negative Parent Involvement Factors: 

  • When a parents involvement in schooling involves a “surveillance” approach
  • Low expectations for children
  • Blaming school and teachers
  • Berating children for the performance (or lack thereof) at school

How-To Resources

Link – ARTICLE (Cult of Pedagogy) Building better collaboration between families and school

References

Barger, Kim, Kuncel, & Pomerantz. (2019). The relation between parents’ involvement in children’s schooling and children’s adjustment; A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin.

 

Cosso, von Suchodoletz, & Yoshikawa. (2022). Effects of parental involvement programs on young children’s academic and social–emotional outcomes: A meta-analysis. Journal of Family Psychology.

 

Fan & Chen. (2001). Parental Involvement and Students’ Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review.

 

Hill & Tyson. (2009). Effects of evaluation and assessment on student achievement: A review and meta- analysis. Developmental Psychology.

 

Hong, S. & Ho, H.Z. (2005). Direct and indirect longitudinal effects of parental involvement on student achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97(1), 32.

 

Jeynes. (2012). A meta-analysis of the efficacy of different types of parental involvement programs for urban students. Urban Education.

 

Kim, S (2022). Fifty years of parent involvement and achievement research: A second order meta-analysis. Educational Research Review, 37 (11) Link

 

Kim & Hill. (2015). Including fathers in the picture: A meta-analysis of parental involvement and students’ academic achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology.

 

Ma, Shen, Krenn, Hu, & Yuan. (2016). A meta-analysis of the relationship between learning outcomes and parental involvement during early childhood education and early elementary education. Educational Psychology Review.

 

White, Taylor, & Moss. (1992). Does research support claims about the benefits of involving parents in early intervention programs? Review of Educational Research.

Parent Involvement with School

DEFINITIONS

Parental involvement refers to the amount of participation a parent has when it comes to schooling and the child’s life. This can be via events and volunteer opportunities, school management, helping with homework, etc. and can be done at home or in the school/community.

DATA

  • 33 Meta Analysis reviews

  • 2970 Research studies

  • 4 Million students in studies

  • 5 Confidence level. Hattie (2023) p. 127

 

QUOTES

“Parents involved in school is important…but the most impactful way parents can be successfully involved  with school is parents setting high expectations for students at home with associated messaging that school is important and valuable.” Kim (2022)

 

 

“The higher the hope and expectations of parents concerning the educational attainment of their child, the higher the student’s own educational expectations and, ultimately, the greater the student’s academic achievement.” Hong & Ho (2005)