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Lemessa, Reta; Senbeto, Temesgen; Alemayehu, Endale; Gemechu, Negesse – Cogent Education, 2023
In improving the quality of education, parents' involvement is very significant. Parents' involvement is one of the three responsibilities for realizing the best quality. This study attempts to explore parents' involvement in education activities for improving their children's academic achievement. A sample of 292 households was selected from…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Educational Quality, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
Kuo, Yi-Lung; Allen, Jeff; Casillas, Alex – ACT, Inc., 2020
This study investigated the relationships between social and emotional learning factors and course failure for 9,308 7th-9th graders. Student self-report measures of social and emotional learning (SEL) and biographical factors (ACT® Engage® Grades 6-9) were analyzed through multiple regression models with propensity score weighting techniques. The…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Grade 7, Grade 8
Kuhfeld, Megan; Ruzek, Erik; Lewis, Karyn; Soland, James; Johnson, Angela; Tarasawa, Beth; Dworkin, Lindsay – NWEA, 2021
This report examines the academic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students, with the goal of documenting achievement trends to provide leaders and policymakers with evidence to guide action to address educational inequities for BIPOC students. Using math and reading test data from 2.1 million BIPOC…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Minority Group Students, Grade 3
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Benjamins, Maureen R.; Whitman, Steven – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Despite the growing number of school-based interventions designed to reduce childhood obesity or otherwise promote health, no models or materials were found for Jewish schools. The current study describes an effort within a Jewish school system in Chicago to create, implement, and evaluate a school-based intervention tailored to the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Jews, Intervention