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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Epstein, Joyce; Sheldon, Steven B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
Researchers Martha Abele Mac Iver, Joyce Epstein, and Steven Sheldon summarize the outcomes of their four-year partnership with an urban district aimed at improving the ways schools engage families during the critical transition to high school. They describe how schools put into practice the strategies learned in ongoing professional development,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Family Involvement, Grade 9, High School Students
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Sheldon, Steven; Clark, Emily – Middle School Journal, 2021
District leaders have invested widely in the creation of parent portals, but have paid less attention to ensuring that they are achieving their purpose in providing information that parents can use in supporting their children's academic success. This study, based on qualitative field note data from a larger four-year study of a continuous…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Web Sites, Communication Strategies
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Sheldon, Steven; Clark, Emily – Grantee Submission, 2021
District leaders have invested widely in the creation of parent portals, but have paid less attention to ensuring that they are achieving their purpose in providing information that parents can use in supporting their children's academic success. This study, based on qualitative field note data from a larger four-year study of a continuous…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Web Sites, Communication Strategies
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Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kellie; Sheldon, Steven; Clark, Emily; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – School Community Journal, 2021
Improving ninth grade course passing rates has been shown to be crucial in improving high school outcomes. Yet at this critical transition to high school, family engagement has tended to decrease. This study explores how increasing use of the parent portal could potentially help to reduce ninth grade failure. Using automatically generated…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Family Involvement, Academic Failure, Academic Achievement
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Wills, Kellie; Sheldon, Steven; Clark, Emily; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Improving ninth grade course passing rates has been shown to be crucial in improving high school outcomes. Yet at this critical transition to high school, family engagement has tended to decrease. This study explores how increasing use of the parent portal could potentially help to reduce ninth grade failure. Using automatically-generated…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Family Involvement, Academic Failure, Academic Achievement
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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