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Direct linkMac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kellie; Cruz, Anna; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Education and Urban Society, 2022
This study evaluates a "nudge letter" to parents intervention designed to reduce chronic absenteeism among students in one urban district. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD), it estimates the impact of the intervention on improving student attendance. The forcing variable for the RDD was 2016-2017 attendance rate, with a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Letters (Correspondence), Parent Participation, Attendance
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Byrnes, Vaughan; Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Clark, Emily – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study used comparative interrupted times series analyses to assess the impact of a continuous improvement-focused family engagement intervention on ninth grade attendance and course passing rates. The intervention, conducted in an urban district, sought to improve middle and high school family engagement practices during the transition to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Family Involvement, Grade 9, Attendance
Epstein, Joyce L.; Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Mac Iver, Martha A.; Sheldon, Steven B. – Middle School Journal, 2021
Middle grades teachers want early adolescents to take responsibility for their own learning and success in school. One way to encourage this is with "interactive homework," which enables students to lead conversations with a parent or family partner about something interesting they are learning in class. An exploratory study tested…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Grade 8, Grade 9
Epstein, Joyce L.; Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Mac Iver, Martha A.; Sheldon, Steven B. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Middle grades teachers want early adolescents to take responsibility for their own learning and success in school. One way to encourage this is with "interactive homework," which enables students to lead conversations with a parent or family partner about something interesting they are learning in class. An exploratory study tested…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Grade 8, Grade 9
