Hispanic parents feel least able to support their children's high school work and report the least school support¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 1998 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2003: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Only 22 percent of Hispanic parents versus 96 percent of African-American parents felt able to help their ninth grader with schoolwork. → Roderick 1998 q3 i? Teachers in majority Hispanic high schools report the lowest levels of communication with parents, while majority Hispanic elementary schools report better-than-average relationships. → Roderick 1998 (2)

Evidence¶

Roderick 1998¶

Roderick, M., Stone, S., with Arney, M., Chiong, J., DaCosta, K., & Waxman, E. (1998). Changing Standards, Changing Relationships: Building Family-School Relationships to Promote Achievement in High Schools. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/changing-standards-changing-relationships-building-family-school-relationships-promote

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Parent interviews (n=73; 36 Hispanic, 28 African-American). Hispanic parents averaged six years of education versus 13 for African-Americans; 92% of Mexican-origin parents felt unable to help with homework. Hispanic parents also reported less school support (Figure 7).

"Only 22 percent of the Hispanic parents of freshman we interviewed (versus 96 percent of the African-American parents) stated that they feel able to help their child with school work"

Roderick 1998 (2)¶

Roderick, M., Stone, S., with Arney, M., Chiong, J., DaCosta, K., & Waxman, E. (1998). Changing Standards, Changing Relationships: Building Family-School Relationships to Promote Achievement in High Schools. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/changing-standards-changing-relationships-building-family-school-relationships-promote

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Analysis of Consortium teacher surveys across 51 high schools and 280 elementary schools, controlling for student achievement and teacher characteristics (Figure 8). Majority Hispanic high schools showed the lowest communication, while majority Hispanic elementary schools showed higher-than-average communication and trust.

"teachers in majority His-panic high schools report the lowest lev-els of communication and academic support for parents"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Parents want more academic interaction with high schools, but schools focus communication on rules and problems — related
• Ninth-grade teachers report less communication with and academic support for parents than eighth-grade teachers — related
• A racial school-climate gap exists: White and Asian students generally report higher safety, support, and connectedness than African American, American Indian, and Hispanic students — related