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Research Evidence on Parent Involvement
 
bullet Summary
 
bullet Families, Youth Today
 
bullet Research Evidence
 
bullet Training Materials for
Educators
 
bullet Training Materials for
Parents
 
bullet Informing Parents

   Introduction

  Child Development/
     Parenting

  Health/Safety
  Learning/Schooling

  School Websites/Email
 
bullet Educating Parents

   Introduction

  Workshops

  Programs

  Guides/Manuals
 
bullet Involving Parents

   Introduction

   School Practices

  School Event

  Volunteers

  Mentoring

  Tutoring

  Fundraising

  School Meal Programs

  After-School Programs

  Support  from Business
 
bullet Supporting Parents

  Family Services

   Parent Centres

   Housing/Transportation/
    Babysitting

  Daycare

   Home Schooling

   Crisis Response

  Hard To Reach
    Parents/Fathers

  Help For Home
    Schoolers
 
bullet Empowering Parents

   Introduction

  Reports/Interviews

   Parents' Rights/Appeals

   Accountability/School
    Reports/Teaching
    Improvement Plans

   Parent Councils

  School Choice

  Site-Based Management

  Model/Sample Policies

  Parent Advocacy in
     the Community 
 
bullet User Survey

 

  
This page provides links to several documents and websites that report on or describe research on the effect of parent involvement in schools.

There is considerable evidence suggesting that informing, involving, supporting and empowering individual parents to become more engaged in their children's schooling, health and development will lead to improved academic achievement, health and socialization. However, more research on such individual parent involvement is still needed on the types of programs, activities and strategies.

The research on collective parent involvement through parent councils and volunteer programs is much less clear. While such representative and volunteer structures are likely to help school personnel to be more responsive to some parental concerns, there is a need for research showing that parent councils are representative of all parents, that hey have a sustained and positive impact on school policies/programs leading to enhanced academic success or improvements in health or social development.

Research Centres/Institutions

bullet Ontario School Counsil Support Centre
bullet Harvard Family Research Project
bullet National Parent Information Network
bullet National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
bullet School-Family-Community Publications Database
bullet The Evaluation Exchange Newsletter Family Support Issue

Research Reviews/Overviews/Reports

bullet Review and Rationale for Involving Parents
bullet The Challenge of Parent Involvement Research (ERIC  Digest)
bullet A New Wave of Evidence (Family (National Center for Family & Community Schools)
bullet Effectiveness of Parenting Groups (Public Health In Ontario)
bullet A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory)
bullet Parent Involvement in Education (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory)
bullet Research on Parent Involvement (Educational Resource Information Center)
bullet Concepts and Models of Family Involvement (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Learning From Logic Models (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet The Transition to Kindergarten: A Review of Current Research and Promising Practices to Involve Families (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Family Literacy: A Review of Programs and Critical Perspectives (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Bibliography on Family Involvement and Student Achievement (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet The Impact of Parent/Family Involvement on Student Outcomes: An Annotated Bibliography of Research from the Past Decade (CADRE)
bullet Family Involvement Bibliographies (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Parent Involvement: The Key to Student Success and Community Support  (San Diego Co. Office of Education)
bullet The Role of Parent Involvement in Children's Academic Achievement (ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education)
bullet Parental Involvement in Education (BMRB Social Research)
bullet Parent Involvement and Student Achievement (San Diego Co. Office of Education)
bullet Parent Involvement in the Educational Process (ERIC Digest)
bullet Efforts by Public K-8 Schools to Improve Parents in Children's Education (National Parent Information Network)

 

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

 

  


Key Resources
 
 
bullet Review and Rationale for Involving Parents
bullet Centre Research (Ontario School Council Support Centre)
bullet The Challenge of Parent Involvement Research (ERIC  Digest)
bullet A New Wave of Evidence (Family (National Center for Family & Community Schools)
bullet Effectiveness of Parenting Groups (Public Health In Ontario)
bullet Harvard Family Research Project
bullet Concepts and Models of Family Involvement (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Parental Involvement in Education (BMRB Social Research)
 


 

    

 


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