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The seventh CSR component focuses on a school's meaningful involvement
of parents and the community in school improvement. Parent/Community
Involvement is an area with a growing body of research utilizing
a variety of methodologies, including quasi-experimental designs
and survey research, in addition to a substantial body of reports
reflecting "best practice" wisdom. The resources below
include standards, tools, reports, and databases of research that
can help schools plan for effective parent and community involvement
components of CSR.
Resources on Parent and Community Involvement:
The Challenges of Parent Involvement Research (1998) - ERIC
Digests
This digest gives an overview of research on parent involvement
and components related to it.
http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-3/parent.html
Family Involvement in Children's Education: Successful Local
Approaches (1997) - U.S. Department of Education
This report is based on case studies of 20 successful education
programs around the country.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FamInvolve/index.html
Involving Family and Community in Student Learning - Southwest
Educational Development Laboratory
This page describes the efforts of SEDL's National Center for
Family and Community Connections with Schools and includes links
to several related resources. There are also links to SEDL's past
research and development in family, school, and community partnerships.
http://www.sedl.org/expertise/family_community.html
The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
NCPIE advocates for the involvement of parents and families in their
children's schools. NCPIE's web site contains "promising practices"
information and links to other resources for parents and educators.
http://www.ncpie.org/
National Network of Partnership Schools
This site offers publication and research briefs describing best
practices in parent and community involvement. An NNPS handbook
available for purchase includes summaries of research and guidelines
for practice that meet new federal guidelines. (The guidebook costs
$34.95, but is complimentary to organizations joining the Network.
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/
A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community
Connections on Student Achievement (2002) - Southwest Educational
Development Laboratory
This research synthesis, available either in hard copy or online,
reviews more than 50 research studies on family and community connections
and student achievement. Key evidence from the research is highlighted
on this web page.
http://www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam33.html
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
Family and Community
The Family and Community Resources section of the NCREL web site includes analyses of critical issues in family and community involvement. Also provided are supporting resources, such as the Literature Review and Database of Promising Practices for Parental Involvement.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/pa0cont.htm
Parent Involvement Resources - Education Week
The Research Center section of Education Week's web site contains an overview of parent involvement knowledge and links to other articles, research, and web sites. Click on Issues A-Z and then Parent Involvement. (Registration is required.)
http://www.edweek.org/rc/index.html
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