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Education Commission of the States, 2020
Following a high-quality early care and pre-K experience, the kindergarten-through-third-grade years set the foundation upon which future learning builds; and strengthening this continuum creates opportunities for later success. Key components of a quality experience in K-3 include school readiness and transitions, kindergarten requirements,…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Primary Education, Grade 3
NORC at the University of Chicago, 2024
This research brief explores the relationship between how students responded to a survey about their math experiences and mindsets and how they performed on an end-of-year state standardized math assessment. For this study, NORC partnered with a racially diverse school district in the northeastern region of the United States. Educators in the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Influences, Elementary School Students
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Hanson, Rachel; Pugliese, Chris – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
This report presents data on students in the United States attending kindergarten through grade 12. The focus of the report is on parent and family involvement in the students' education during the 2018-19 school year, as reported by the students' parents. It includes the percentage of students who participated in selected family activities.…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, National Surveys, Parent Participation, Family Involvement
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Redford, Jeremy; Huo, Huade; McQuiggan, Meghan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019
The purpose of this report is to describe basic descriptive statistics on barriers to parent-school involvement data that are available using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011). The brief begins by examining the level of parents' involvement in activities in their children's schools and the specific…
Descriptors: Barriers, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Primary Education
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2018
HIPPY [Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters] was designed to assist parents from disadvantaged backgrounds with educational opportunities to prepare their children for school. HIPPY targeted children in 70 Houston Independent School District (HISD) elementary schools during the 2017-2018 academic year. This figure reflects an…
Descriptors: Home Instruction, Parent Participation, Home Visits, Preschool Children
EdChoice, 2022
This poll was conducted between February 12-February 15, 2022 among a sample of 2,200 adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Among the key findings are: (1) Education issues rank higher when it comes to voting…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Race
Barnett, Steven; Jung, Kwanghee; Nores, Milagros – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2020
COVID-19 has brought chaotic change to early education. Most of the nation's 5 million 3- to 5-year-olds attending preschool classrooms had their attendance cut short in March 2020. Preschool-age children in family day care or at home with parents and other family members had their daily routines disrupted. Parents now often work from home and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Young Children, Family Environment
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Wang, Ke; Kemp, Jana; Burr, Riley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have used to promote school safety. SSOCS collects data from public school principals about violent and nonviolent crimes in their schools. The survey also collects…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Violence, Public Schools
Hunt Institute, 2022
This report is the results of an online survey of likely 2022 voters, conducted August 30-September 12, 2022. The data show that voters and parents alike have a clear vision of their priorities for education and schools, school funding, and parental involvement. [This report was prepared with Lake Research Partners. For "Across the Aisle:…
Descriptors: Parent Surveys, Online Surveys, Parent Attitudes, Voting
Cornelius, Chelsea – Online Submission, 2017
The 2017 AISD Parent Survey asked parents about their interactions with school staff, the adequacy of information and opportunities provided by the school, community engagement, and district decision making.
Descriptors: School Districts, Parent Surveys, Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation
Graham, Georgia – Houston Independent School District, 2021
Since 2007, nineteen Houston Independent School District (HISD) campuses have partnered with Literacy Now to offer the Reading Intervention program. The Reading Intervention program provides individualized, small group reading tutorials for at-risk students in kindergarten to second grade to create proficient readers by the end of third grade.…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Programs, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Punter, R. Annemiek; Glas, Cees A. W.; Meelissen, Martina R. M. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2016
Parental involvement is seen as one of the most malleable factors of the student's home situation, which makes it a relevant subject for schools, educational policies, and research. Though many studies have researched its role in student achievement, effects are not univocal. It is difficult to tell whether these inconsistent results are caused by…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Parent Participation, Reading Skills, Literacy Education
Houston Independent School District, 2015
This report contains the 2014-2015 evaluation report on the Home Instruction of Parents with Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program. HIPPY is a school readiness program that helps parents prepare their preschool children for academic success. A total of 730 students and their parents participated in the Houston Independent School District (HISD)…
Descriptors: Home Instruction, Parent Participation, Program Evaluation, School Readiness
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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Prior to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Federal Republic of Nigeria had taken measures to improve the quality of education and of teachers' working conditions such as by improving school infrastructure and accelerating teacher training programs, and providing incentive schemes for teachers. While education is free and compulsory, Nigeria reports the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
In Rwanda, over 3.5 million children were estimated to be out of school in 2020 when the country closed all schools as a safety measure against the spread of COVID-19. The government quickly developed a national response plan and started the process of hiring teachers, constructing classrooms and training in-service teachers in remote-learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
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