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- Title
A Seasonal Comparison of the Effectiveness of Parent Engagement on Student Literacy Achievement.
- Authors
Hillier, Cathlene
- Abstract
Parent engagement is often promoted as a remedy for reducing achievement gaps between students from high socio-economic and low socio-economic backgrounds. However, researchers have found mixed results when examining parent engagement and student outcomes. Drawing on a study investigating the effectiveness of summer literacy camps offered by schools in Ontario, I compare the influence of parent engagement on two outcomes: (1) spring snapshot of cumulative learning, and (2) summer literacy growth/loss. In considering summer learning in regression analysis, I aim to investigate the effect of parent engagement without the influence of schools during the academic year. Out of 14 parent engagement measures, I find only three (parents' aspirations, home resources, discussions of school with children) are positive predictors of spring literacy outcomes and that none predict summer literacy growth/loss. Family socio-economic status remains a powerful predictor of achievement for both outcomes. I interpret my findings within three proposed mechanisms of parent engagement: cultivation ethic, realist reaction, and expressive logic.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; STUDENT engagement; SEASONS; ACADEMIC achievement; PARENTS; PARENTING; ACHIEVEMENT; SCHOOL rankings
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Education / Revue Canadienne de l'Éducation, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 2, p496
- ISSN
0380-2361
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.53967/cje-rce.v44i2.4551