National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988: A Profile of Parents of Eighth GradersU.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, 1992 - Education - 106 pages The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is the third in a series of longitudinal studies sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics. The NELS:88 is being conducted in several waves, beginning with a base year experience of approximately 25,000 eighth graders. This report profiles the family characteristics and the level of involvement reported by the parents of 1988 eighth graders, using the base year survey and dropout data from the first follow-up. About 93 percent of the parents of the first year sample were interviewed to provide information about home life and family experiences. The parent component is not, however, a representative sample of eighth graders' parents. Their inclusion is linked to the student participants. This study examined child-directed involvement, including activities such as parent-child discussions and school-directed involvement such as parent-teacher association membership and volunteering in the school. There was some indication that parent involvement was related to whether or not students scored below the basic level in reading or mathematics proficiency, but there was a strong relationship between parent involvement and whether or not a student dropped out of school between the 8th and 10th grades. There are 26 tables and 18 figures presenting study findings. (SLD) |
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10th grade 1988 eighth graders 8th and 10th American Indian Asian-Pacific Islander Attend PTA meetings Base-Year Parent Survey Center for Education child college graduate completed high school contacting the school current school experiences Department of Education Education Longitudinal Survey Education Statistics eighth grader attended employment status expected their eighth Family composition Father employed future education plans Help with homework high school plans high-SES parents Hispanic HS diploma level of education level of parents Low-N Low-N Low-N Middle SES High middle-SES parents monitored Mother & father National Center National Education Longitudinal parental involvement parents of white parents reported parents Two-parent parents who reported parents whose eighth participation Percent of parents Percentage of 1988 private schools PTA members reg abt reported regularly discussing school parents school type Single mother students whose parents Survey of 1988 Talk Talk teacher engagement two-parent families U.S. Department unweighted unweighted N unwtd unwtd N Washington D.C.