The Role of Parental School-Based Involvement in Organizing a Better School Community

• In Event: Roundtable Session 26
  In Roundtable Session: The Link Between the Home and the School in Powerful Family Involvement Practices

Abstract

To date, the majority of work on school-based PI has examined the effects on individual student outcomes. As a result, little is known if the positive benefits of school-based PI hold the same significance for schools. Using the ECLS-K dataset, we examined the long-term impact on school-level achievement and climate of school-based PI. HLM analyses indicated that three types of school-based PI played significant roles in boosting school achievement and creating a better school climate. However, additional attention should be devoted to supporting parents’ ability to establish effective peer networks within a school, and to improving schools’ ability to leverage the capital of lower-SES families.

Authors

• Sira Park, UC Berkeley

• Susan D. Holloway, University of California - Berkeley