NCJ Number
223828
Journal
Journal of Adolescence Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Dated: August 2008 Pages: 469-483
Date Published
August 2008
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This study investigated middle and high school Latino students and the factors that contribute to school success within a population that is at high risk of academic failure.
Abstract
Study findings suggest that parent involvement is an important strategy for promoting the academic achievement of Latino students, but could be discounted if the parent’s efforts do not translate into recognition by school officials of the ways in which parents seek to reinforce the importance of education. The most surprising findings were that associations of parent involvement with academic adjustment were stronger for high school than for middle school students. Entwisle (1990) noted that parent involvement is the highest in the elementary school grades and tends to decline through middle and high school. The pattern of decline was evident as middle school participants reported that their parents were more involved in their education than did high school students. Parent involvement had a moderate association with teacher expectations for high school students but no association for middle school students. Parent involvement on grades also was significant only for high school students. Data were from two metropolitan public school samples in the southeastern United States, a middle school and high school in the same school district that served large numbers of Latino youth from immigrant families. Figure, tables and references