Impact of Family Involvement on education

A majority of the existing research regarding the impact of family involvement on educational outcomes shows a positive correlation. Barnard (2004) looked at the association between parental involvement in elementary school and student success in high school, and concluded that early parental involvement in a child’s education promotes positive long-term effects. Conversely, Bronstein et al. (2005) found a lack of guidance by parents of fifth grade students to be related to poor academic achievement. Hill and Tyson (2009) reported various types of parental involvement to be positively associated with academic achievement through a meta-analysis of 50 studies, with the exception of parental help with homework. Fan and Chen (2001) found that parental expectations for their child’s educational achievement have the strongest relationship with students’ academic achievement, while home supervision has the weakest relationship. The relationship between parent involvement and educational achievement was also found to be stronger for global achievement indicators such as cumulative GPA rather than for subject-specific indicators.