- Research shows that the most accurate predictor of a student’s
achievement in school is not income or social status, but the extent
to which that student’s family is able to create a home environment
that encourages learning, and communicates high, yet reasonable expectations
for their children’s achievement and future careers.
- Students achieve more, regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnic/racial
background, or the parents’ education level.
- Extensive parent involvement leads to higher student achievement.
- Students have higher grades and test scores, better attendance, and
complete homework more consistently.
- Students exhibit more positive attitudes and behavior.
- Students have higher graduation rates and greater enrollment rates
in post-secondary education.
- There are long-lasting gains for students that result from well-planned,
inclusive, and comprehensive parent involvement activities.
- Educators hold higher expectations of students and higher opinions
of those parents.
- Student achievement for disadvantaged children not only improves, it
can reach levels that are standard for economically stable children.
- Children from diverse cultural backgrounds tend to do better.
- Student behaviors, such as alcohol use, violence, and antisocial behavior,
decrease as parent involvement increases.
- Students fall behind in academic performance if their parents don’t
participate in school events, establish relationships with teachers,
and learn of what is happening in their child’s school.
- The benefits of involving parents include significant gains at all
ages and grade levels.
- Junior and senior high school students whose parents remain involved,
make better transitions, maintain the quality of their work, and develop
realistic plans for their future.
- Students whose parents are not involved, on the other hand, are more
likely to drop out of school
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