ERIC Number: EJ561670
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Making Parent Involvement Meaningful. Window with a View.
Potter, Les
Schools in the Middle, v7 n3 p9-10 Jan-Feb 1998
Describes success of an academic booster club as a rural middle school strategy to improve student test scores, attendance, grades, community perceptions of the school, and student behavior. Notes how during two years the club raised over $20,000 and fostered improvements in average daily attendance, achievement test scores, honor roll achievement, retention rate, and student involvement in community projects. (KB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Program Evaluation, Rural Education, School Business Relationship, School Community Relationship, Student Behavior, Student Improvement, Student Motivation, Volunteers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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