Are Title I schools using school-parent compacts to support learning and improve parent involvement in their children?s education?
Despite Title I requirements that schools have a parent involvement policy and school-parent compact, one-quarter of Title I schools did not have these in place four years after the reauthorization. • Principals from schools with 35 percent or greater poverty were more likely than other principals to report that they used school-parent compacts. Elementary school principals were more likely to report using compacts (77 percent) than high school principals (55 percent). Principals see school-parent compacts as useful in improving communication and encouraging home learning. • Three areas in which Title I principals most often reported school-parent compacts to be helpful were teacher-parent relations (76 percent), school climate (80 percent), and reading at home (79 percent).
