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Evaluating the Benefit from the Help of the Parent-Teacher Association to Child Performance
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Cheung, Chau-kiu – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
The contribution of parental involvement in the parent-teacher association (PTA) to schoolchildren's performance is an issue for evaluation research. To resolve the issue, it is reasonable to differentiate people who benefit and others who do not benefit from the involvement. Such differentiation relied on survey data from 289 pairs of Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Parent Associations
Enhancing Validity through Beneficiaries' Equitable Involvement in Identifying and Prioritizing Homeless Children's Educational Problems.
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Brandon, Paul R.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The involvement of program beneficiaries in a study of the educational problems of homeless children is described. The 3 stakeholder groups were the 9 teachers, 7 shelter staff members, and 20 homeless parents. The equitable participation of the parents was an achieved goal that enhanced evaluation findings' validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Children, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth
Salvaging an Evaluation from the Swampy Lowland.
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Fitzgerald, Joan; Rasheed, Janice Matthews – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
Discusses methodological issues that emerged in evaluating a three-year paternal involvement demonstration project for poor inner-city noncustodial fathers. The dilemmas that arose from the contradictory goals of program evaluation and the need to meet federal and state waiver goals are discussed, and the tradeoffs needed to ensure a meaningful…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Fathers
The Effects and Perceptions of Family Involvement in Program Decisions about Family-Centered Practices.
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Bailey, Donald B., Jr.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Parent attitudes and effects of parent participation were studied for workshops for professionals trying to become more family-focused in early intervention programs for children with disabilities. Thirty professionals and six mothers participated. Parent presence influenced the extent to which professionals perceived a need for change in program…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement