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African American Parental Involvement 3

Abstract:
In this research project, the school counselor and the student teacher investigated the
relationship between African American parent volunteer involvement and student reading
scores. The parents involved were chosen based on their child's Scholastic Reading
Inventory (SRI) score, which were low in all cases. The parents received a newsletter
each month that contained information on ways to help their child at home and school
and how they could volunteer at school. Before the study began, the parents were not
required to volunteer. The study hypothesis was that parent involvement would help the
children academically. During the study, the parents were required to volunteer at least
three times during a given time period. Volunteerism was tracked using the electronic
sign-in system in the school office. By that the end of the school term, the student's
reading SRI scores showed improvement in all cases.