A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Parental Involvement and School Outcomes for African Americans

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Abstract

This meta-analysis of forty-two studies examines the relationship between parental involvement and the academic achievement and school behavior of African American pre-kindergarten-college freshman school children. Analyses determined the effect sizes for parental involvement overall and specific categories of involvement. Results indicate a significant relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement and overall outcomes, but not for school behavior. This relationship between involvement and academics existed both for younger (pre-elementary and elementary-school) and older (secondary school and college freshman) students, as well as for certain specific components of parental involvement. Parental involvement, as a whole, was associated with better school outcomes by nearly .4 of a standard deviation unit. The significance of these results is discussed.

Author

• William H. Jeynes, California State University - Long Beach