Provide parents with concrete direction and materials for supporting their adolescent's academic work at home¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The brief recommends that schools give parents specific, actionable guidance about what their children are studying and how to help at home. It notes that "A step as simple as telling parents what their child is doing in freshman English and providing materials that help parents understand what they can do at home to increase reading and English performance" provides critical direction. Such communication increases parents' sense of effectiveness and makes them more proactive partners.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers must communicate regularly about course content and specific home-support strategies

Constraints¶

• Parents may lack the academic skills to help directly, so strategies must work even when parents cannot answer content questions themselves

Target Learners¶

• parents of high school freshmen

Target Learning Goals¶

• increased homework completion, reading and English performance, and parental monitoring of academic progress

Related Strategies¶

• Teachers guide parents on homework support types and hold family meetings on learning goals

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• 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