Chicago high school teachers reported better communication and more positive relationships with parents in 1997 than in 1994¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 1998 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2001: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Both elementary and high school teachers reported more positive parent relationships in 1997 than 1994, with the largest gains at the high school level. → Roderick 1998 q3 i? Teacher-reported communication with parents increased in 24 of 39 high schools surveyed in both years. → 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

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Comparison of Consortium teacher survey responses in 1994 and 1997 (Figure 9). Improvements were most marked at the high school level, narrowing the gap between eighth- and ninth-grade teachers' reports.

"The percentages of ninth-grade teachers who strongly agree that teachers greet parents warmly, try to understand parents’ problems, and work to com-municate to parents the mission of the school more than doubled between 1994 and 1997"

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

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Longitudinal comparison of 39 high schools surveyed in both 1994 and 1997 (Figure 10). Communication scale scores rose in 24 schools, stayed flat in 3, and declined in 12; nearly half of declining schools were later reconstituted.

"the average score of teacher reports increased in 24 high schools between 1994 and 1997, with three showing no change and twelve declining"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• High schools improving instruction and teacher collaboration also showed the largest improvements in parent communication — related
• Ninth-grade teachers report less communication with and academic support for parents than eighth-grade teachers — related
• Chicago school organizational supports (leadership, professional capacity, parent involvement) improved across eras, but instructional quality did not, and student-reported teacher support declined after 2005 — related
• The Charting Reform surveys reached 266 elementary schools and 40 high schools in Chicago in Spring 1994 — related