Parental Involvement in raising the Achievement of Primary School Pupils: why bother? (Updated)

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the study found that few schools have a clear or explicit rationale for parental involvement – when updating your school’s home-school policy, would it be helpful to spend time discussing the hoped-for benefits of parental involvement with all stake-holders?
the study found that school needs often determined the nature of initiatives for parental involvement – do you have a way of finding out what parents think about their child, their child's education and what they view as important?
the study found that parents were often asked to do tasks for which they were ill-equipped – how can you support parents to help their children’s learning? Can you find out about and build on what parents know and can do?
the study found that the parents needing most support to help their children were least likely to become involved in home school initiatives – would it be helpful to find out how other schools have tackled this difficult issue? (See ‘Where can I find out more?’)
the study found that few schools evaluated the success of their strategies for parental involvement, either by keeping records of the extent of parental involvement or by trying to find out whether or not such efforts contributed to increased learning - how do you attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of home-school contacts?

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