Data Collection Instruments for Evaluating Family Involvement

May 14, 2009 As evidence supporting the benefits of family involvement in learning mounts, there is an increasing demand for evaluation of family involvement initiatives and for additional research to inform practice and policy. Those designing and implementing family involvement programs must be responsive to increase the quality of the evidence base in the family involvement field by injecting rigorous methods into their evaluation. In order to assess family involvement interventions in a high-quality way, family involvement leaders, school administrators, policymakers, and researchers need access to evaluation tools.Helen Westmoreland, Research Analyst Suzanne Bouffard, Project Manager Kelley O'Carroll . . .