Teacher-parent interaction and trust are lower in bottom-quartile schools, and even top-rated schools show limited very strong trust¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2005 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2010: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In top-rated schools only 11 percent of teachers report minimal interaction with parents, while in the lowest-rated schools 35 percent report minimal interaction and only 12 percent report frequent interaction. → Luppescu 2005 q2 i? Even in the highest-rated schools on Teacher-Parent Trust, only 27 percent of teachers classify trust as very strong, and in bottom-quartile schools two-thirds describe no or minimal trust. → Luppescu 2005 (2)

Evidence¶

Luppescu 2005¶

Luppescu, S., & Hart, H. (2005). Improving Chicago's Schools 2005 Survey Report: Details of Student and Teacher Responses. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/improving-chicagos-schools-sample-high-school-details-2005

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Summary comparison of the Teacher-Parent Interaction scale, measuring how often teachers meet with, communicate with, and call parents about students. The report adds that in the lowest-rated schools 'only 12 percent of the teachers reported frequent interaction, and 35 percent said their interaction was minimal.'

"In the top-rated schools, only 11 percent of teachers said they had minimal interaction with parents."

Luppescu 2005 (2)¶

Luppescu, S., & Hart, H. (2005). Improving Chicago's Schools 2005 Survey Report: Details of Student and Teacher Responses. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/improving-chicagos-schools-sample-high-school-details-2005

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Summary comparison of the Teacher-Parent Trust scale, measuring mutual support and respect between parents and teachers. Forty percent of top-school teachers rate trust as strong and about one-third say minimal or no trust; in bottom-quartile schools two-thirds describe no or minimal trust.

"Even in the highest-rated schools, only 27 percent of teachers classify the trust level between teachers and parents as very strong."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Two-thirds of teachers in bottom-quartile schools describe no or minimal teacher-parent trust — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Joint problem solving distinguishes top- from bottom-quartile Chicago high schools: half of top-quartile teachers describe strong processes plus 13 percent very strong, while bottom-quartile teachers most often describe weak processes (46 percent) — related
• Parental support for student learning is substantially higher in top-quartile schools than in bottom-quartile schools — related
• 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