Parents' Perceptions of the School

In their study of 2,317 inner-city elementary and middle school students, Dauber and Epstein (1993) determined that parents' perceptions of their children's school are interconnected with the school's attempts to involve parents:

"Parents' attitudes about the quality of their children's school are more highly correlated with the school's practices to involve parents (.346) than with the parents' practices of involvement (.157). Parents who become involved at home and at school say that the school has a positive climate. But even more so, parents who believe that the school is actively working to involve them say that the school is a good one." (p. 67)

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