Meaningful family and community engagement is associated with reduced absenteeism, improved academic outcomes, and more positive school climates¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · checked against its sources 2026-10-17 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Family and community engagement in community schools is associated with reduced absenteeism, improved academic outcomes, and student reports of more positive school climates, and can increase trust among students, parents, and staff. → Maier 2017

Evidence¶

Maier 2017¶

Maier, A., Daniel, J., Oakes, J., & Lam, L. (2017). Community schools as an effective school improvement strategy: A review of the evidence. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/community-schools-effective-school-improvement-report

q2 · i? · review · r3

The report's synthesis finding for Pillar 3, based on 29 studies including 13 research syntheses of family and community engagement. The review reports these outcomes as associations; no pooled effect size is printed.

"The meaningful family and community engagement found in community schools is associated with positive student outcomes, such as reduced absenteeism, improved academic outcomes, and student reports of more positive school climates."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Time and Continuity — outcome: instruction changes it
Home Learning Environment — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Community schools are associated with positive student outcomes including reduced absenteeism, improved academics, and more positive school climates — related
Family engagement is connected to stronger social-emotional development, higher attendance, and better academic outcomes — a broader claim this one bears on
Quality of staff-student and staff-parent relationships most strongly defines safe schools, with disadvantaged high-relationship schools feeling safer than advantaged low-relationship schools — related
Teachers are more likely to stay in schools where parents support their work and where students feel safe and peers behave appropriately — related
Schools that mitigated proximity-to-homicide effects had stronger, more positive school climates, including engaging instruction and trusting relationships — related
ParentCorps improves family engagement measures (Inclusive Leadership, Trust in School Leader, Communication and Trust in Teacher) in a 61-school trial — related
Family engagement in schools is closely linked to improved student academic achievement, social skills, and fewer behavior issues — related
Implementing dialogic leadership is associated with improved academic outcomes, reduced absenteeism and increased learning progress — related

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