The Impact of Parent Involvement on Reading Comprehension Test Scores of Fourth-Grade Students
Loading...
Links to Files
Permanent Link
Collections
Author/Creator
Author/Creator ORCID
Date
2010
Type of Work
Department
Program
Masters of Education
Citation of Original Publication
Rights
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parent involvement and students’ reading comprehension test scores. A review of the literature suggests there is a correlation between parent involvement in school activities and students’ reading comprehension test scores. The researcher examined the correlation between parent involvement, as measured by the parent sign-in log for volunteers, and reading comprehension, as measured by the RDSS scores on the Maryland School Assessment (MSA) test. A correlation analysis was then conducted on the data. Visual inspection of the scatterplot (Figure 1) supports the statistical finding. A non-significant, positive relationship was found, r = 0.427, p > .05.