Financial incentives of £30 per session increased parental attendance at Parent Academy sessions¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Offering financial incentives improved attendance at Parent Academy, suggesting incentives may help engage and retain parents in interventions of this type. → Husain et al. 2016 q3 i? Overall attendance was very low: 60% of offered parents attended no sessions and around 11% attended all twelve. → Husain et al. 2016

Evidence¶

Husain et al. 2016¶

Fatima Husain, Nico Jabin, Sarah Haywood, Adetayo Kasim, Jonathan Paylor. (2016). Parent Academy: Evaluation report and executive summary. Education Endowment Foundation. http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN42518213

q3 · i? · causal · r3

Finding from the three-arm randomised controlled trial comparing incentivised and unincentivised treatment arms. The report also notes that "Six in ten parents (60%) who were offered the Parent Academy did not take part in any sessions and only around one in ten (11%) attended all twelve sessions."

"Offering financial incentives improved attendance at Parent Academy, suggesting this may be an effective way to engage and retain parents in interventions of this type."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Parental attendance dose was not associated with pupil outcomes: more sessions attended did not yield more impact — related
• Offering parents the Parent Academy did not improve pupils' reading or mathematics outcomes in a three-arm randomised controlled trial — related
• Financial incentives for teen parents show no discernible effects on progressing in school — a broader claim this one bears on
• Financial incentives for teen parents have potentially positive effects on staying in school, with a statistically significant dropout reduction in Cal-Learn but not in LEAP — a broader claim this one bears on
• Financial incentives for teen parents show no discernible effects on completing school — a broader claim this one bears on
• The completion impact of financial incentives for teen parents comes almost entirely from GED receipt rather than high school diploma receipt, and the GED effect was statistically significant only for Cal-Learn — related