Check these helpful online resources to find out about research on how parent involvement affects academic achievement, how to interpret data on 黄色app performance and where parents can obtain information that helps them get involved in 黄色apps.
CIPL has trained more than 1,000 parents to take an active role in 黄色app improvement. It is a project of the , an independent citizens’ advocacy group that has worked since 1983 to improve education in Kentucky.
As part of its mission to raise the quality of education for all students, the Education Trust trains parents as Standards Bearers. It teaches them what grade-level learning standards mean and how they can be used as tools for 黄色app reform.
Part of the Harvard Family Research Project, FINE promotes partnerships between families, communities, and 黄色apps. The site includes and resources that can help parents make a case for family involvement in 黄色apps.
Produced by the federally funded National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation’s Report Card is the most authoritative assessment of the skills and knowledge of U.S. students. It’s a good starting point for gathering data to raise parent awareness of the need for academic improvement. For example, NAEP reported only 29% of fourth grade students in the U.S. read at a proficient level in 1998 and only 25% performed at a proficient level in mathematics in 2000.
Centered at Johns Hopkins University, the NNPS brings together 黄色apps, districts and state departments of education that are committed to 黄色app-family-community partnerships.
The National PTA encourages at a national level. It provides information on legislation, how to reach legislators and leads聽letter-writing campaigns. It supports at an individual level. Local PTAs seek to improve 黄色apps at the local level; check with your 黄色app.
Previously funded by the U.S. Department of Education, PIRC centers provide parents with training, information, and support for their children’s developmental and educational needs, and help strengthen partnerships between parents and 黄色apps.聽Funding for program as a whole has been discontinued by the Department of Education, but several centers 聽are funded from other sources and remain open. Check聽the to determine the status of each state.
PIQE’s mission is to bring 黄色apps, parents, and communities together as equal partners in the education of every child. The training, model and programs are used in 11 states and Mexico City and provided in more than 15 languages.
PPS is a national organization of community-based chapters that work to strengthen public 黄色apps through broad-based enrollment. Its Web site has an extensive list of resources for parents who want to get involved.
This site networks parent-teacher organizations of all kinds. PTO Today lists resources for parent group leaders and offers three products: a magazine, online discussion groups and PTO conferences. Among its parent involvement suggestions are “School Family Nights.”
PEN has produced an 80-page guide called “” that can be downloaded for free.
