School-Level Contextual Effects of Parent Involvement on Children’s Achievement Growth in Reading and Math During Elementary Grades

• In Event: Roundtable Session 60
  In Roundtable Session: Engaging Families of Children in Primary Grades

Abstract

While the concept of parent involvement has been largely understood as the activity of private persons to serve their own children’s best interests, it should be also recognized as an organizational feature that may have the potential to create public benefits for the entire school community. Based on the rationale that involved parents can make a difference in the internal contexts of school organizations, this study use the data drawn from the ECLS-K to examine the contextual influences of parent involvement on children’s achievement growth during elementary grades. The findings partly support the idea that improved school contexts through parent involvement may contribute to reducing educational inequality by compensating disadvantages faced by students in low SES schools.

Author

• Yoonkyung Oh, University of Texas - Health Science Center at Houston