Teacher home visits slightly improved student attendance in the following school year (95.28% vs 94.93%; ES = +0.02 in the Evidence for ESSA summary)¶

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Evidence · 2 studies · 2 causal r2 · q2 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2021 · checked against its sources 2026-10-19 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i0 During the school year following a home visit, attendance improved slightly and significantly for visited students compared with matched nonvisited comparison students, with a negligible printed effect size (ES = +0.02). → Parent Teacher Home Visits 2021

q2 i? On average, a home visit slightly improved student attendance: visited students averaged 95.28 percent attendance versus 94.93 percent for nonvisited comparison students. → Allison McKie 2021

Evidence¶

Parent Teacher Home Visits 2021¶

Parent Teacher Home Visits. (2021). Evidence summary reporting a 2021 Mathematica Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic quasi-experimental study. https://evidenceforessa.org/program/parent-teacher-home-visits-attendance/

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A quasi-experimental study by the Regional Education Laboratory of the Mid-Atlantic at Mathematica used matched comparison group propensity scores in District of Columbia Public Schools grades 1–5, with 3,996 students. Visited students averaged "95.28 percent" attendance versus 94.93 percent for nonvisited students; the printed effect size is negligible, "ES = +0.02".

"During the school year following a home visit, the study found that, on average, a home visit significantly improved student attendance slightly (ES = +0.02). The attendance rate averaged 95.28 percent for visited students and 94.93 percent for nonvisited comparison students."

Allison McKie 2021¶

Allison McKie, Jeffrey Terziev, Brian Gill. (2021). Impacts of Home Visits on Students in District of Columbia Public Schools. Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs

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Same matched comparison group study of grades 1-5 home visits in DC Public Schools. The article describes the attendance difference as slight: "The attendance rate averaged 95.28 percent for visited students and 94.93 percent for nonvisited comparison students." No effect size or test is printed.

"The study also found that, on average, a home visit slightly improved student attendance. The attendance rate averaged 95.28 percent for visited students and 94.93 percent for nonvisited comparison students."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Teachers who took part in funds of knowledge household research came to view their minority students as competent and raised their expectations of them. — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it

• Home visits showed slight improvements in math scores but no difference in ELA scores — related

• Only the 200740F high-use group showed a significantly higher rate of good academic standing compared to non-visitors — related
• Freshmen who visited the tutoring center more than 10 times per quarter had statistically higher persistence rates than students who did not visit — related
• In the Tucson funds of knowledge project, teachers visiting language minority households found funds of knowledge to be abundant and diverse. — related
• A home visit before the school year reduced the likelihood of a disciplinary incident (effect size = +0.10) — related
• PTHV is rated promising for social-emotional learning with an average effect size of +0.10 from one study — related
• In Los Angeles Unified, student attendance increased following visits to a school health center — related
• Home visits are rarely offered and rated lowest of any engagement resource, with Black, Latino, and multilingual parents rating them less favorably — related