[Libs-Or] FW: NCES Releases Revised Report on Parent and Family Involvement in Education in 2012

[Ann Reed]

[Institute of Education Sciences - Newsflash]

NCES Releases Revised Report on Parent and Family Involvement in Education in 2012


[nhes logo]Approximately eighty-seven percent of students in kindergarten through grade 12 had parents who reported receiving newsletters, memos, e-mail, or notices addressed to all parents from their child's school; 57 percent of students had parents who reported receiving notes or e-mail from the school specifically about their child; and 41 percent of students had parents who reported that the school had contacted them by telephone.

This report presents findings from the Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012 (NHES:2012) from the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences. The Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the NHES:2012 collected data on children enrolled in public or private school for kindergarten through twelfth grade or homeschooled for these grades. The survey collected information about various aspects of parent involvement in education, such as help with homework, family activities, and parent involvement at school.

Findings include:

  *   The most common school-related activity that parents reported participating in during the 2011-2012 school year was attending a general school or a parent-teacher organization or association (PTO/PTA) meeting (87 percent).
  *   One percent of students in grades 6 through 12 had parents who said that they did not expect their child to complete high school; 9 percent were not expected to pursue education after high school completion; 8 percent were expected to attend vocational or technical school after high school; 17 percent were expected to attend 2 or more years of college; 28 percent were expected to finish a 4- or 5-year college degree; and 36 percent were expected to earn a graduate or professional degree.
  *   According to parents, a higher percentage of students attended a community, religious, or ethnic event (54 percent) in the past month than visited a library (39 percent); visited a bookstore (38 percent); went to a play, concert, or other live show (31 percent); visited an art gallery, a museum, or a historical site (21 percent); or visited a zoo or an aquarium (19 percent); or attended an athletic or sporting event (42 percent).

The report has been revised for re-release because of a correction in survey weights that led to small changes in the estimates presented, typically of one to two percentage points.

Also, estimates describing the homeschooling population of the United States have been removed from this revised version of the report so that more detail about how NCES estimated homeschooling in 2012 could be provided in a separate report.

To view the full report when it is released, please visit http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2013028rev

For more information on the NHES, visit http://nces.ed.gov/nhes.


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