Parental support for student learning is substantially higher in top-quartile schools than in bottom-quartile schools¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1995 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2000: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In top-quartile schools almost two-thirds of students report moderate or great parental support, while in bottom-quartile schools the largest group, about 45 percent, reports only limited support. → Sebring 1995

Evidence¶

Sebring 1995¶

Sebring, P. A., Bryk, A. S., Luppescu, S., & Thum, Y. M. (1995). Charting Reform in Asbury High School: Results of Student and Teacher Surveys. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/charting-reform-asbury-school-results-student-and-teacher-surveys

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Survey report summary of the eleven-item Parents' Involvement in Students' Learning scale for top-quartile schools, with printed percentages of one in five, about 40, and almost two-thirds. Bottom-quartile schools show about 45 percent limited and 15 percent minimal support.

"One in every five students in the top quartile schools reports a great deal of support from parents (scores of 9-10). About 40 percent of the students in these schools report moderate support (scores of 6-8). Thus, almost two-thirds of the students fall in these top two categories."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Supports — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Schools with strong essential supports were more likely to sit in communities with strong social capital, low crime, and low density of abused or neglected children — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Students' reports of parental support for learning are far higher in top quartile schools, where two-thirds report moderate or very supportive parents — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Mistrust between teachers and parents remained a low-level roadblock in 2017, while lack of parental support had grown as a top roadblock for almost one-third of administrators — related
• Teacher-parent interaction and trust are lower in bottom-quartile schools, and even top-rated schools show limited very strong trust — related
• Two-thirds of teachers in bottom-quartile schools describe no or minimal teacher-parent trust — related
• The same four roadblocks to school improvement topped principals' rankings across ten years of surveys, with subgroup contrasts in emphasis — related