Parent Teacher Involvement – Parent

Abstract: The Parent-Teacher Involvement Questionnaire: Parent version is a 26-item measure developed for this project to assess facets of parent and teacher involvement. Fast Track also has a 21-item teacher version that includes most of the items on the teacher version (see separate report for more detailed information). The measure assesses the amount and type of contact that occurs between parents and teachers, the parent's interest and comfort in talking with teachers, the parent's satisfaction with their children's school and the parent's degree of involvement in the child's education (e.g, reading to them, taking them to the library, volunteering at school, attending school events). The answers are coded on item-specific 5-point scales: where 0 represents no involvement and 4 represents high involvement. The Grade 4+ version of this measure also includes an "N/A" (Not Applicable) response option. A Technical Report dated 4/18/95 identified four factors within the measure and constructed corresponding subscales:

  • Quality of the Relationship between Parent and Teacher
  • Parent's Involvement and Volunteering at School
  • Parent's Endorsement of Child's School
  • Frequency of Parent-Teacher Contact
Patterns of item-total correlations were similar between the two groups, so further comments are limited to the combined sample unless noted otherwise. It is recommended that analysts carefully consider the construct of interest for the specific analysis before casually using the 26-item scale. The subscales identified in the previous report may be used, or other subscales conceptually or empirically identified. Also, analysts should be aware of possible distributional issues.

Who Completed this Measure?: Parent

Cohort 1 - Administrative History

  • Year 01 | K | age 6
  • Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
  • Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
  • Year 05 | grade 4 | age 10
  • Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11

Cohort 2 - Administrative History

  • Year 01 | K | age 6
  • Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
  • Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
  • Year 05 | grade 4 | age 10
  • Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11

Cohort 3 - Administrative History

  • Year 01 | K | age 6
  • Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
  • Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
  • Year 05 | grade 4 | age 10
  • Year 06 | grade 5 | age 11

Technical Reports:

Raw Dataset Name: PyF

Scored Dataset Name: PTPy

Keywords:
Parent Teacher Communication, PTA, School Community, School Involvement, Teacher Relationship

Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: Yes

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SAS Code for Scale Creation:
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Measure Items and Scales:

COHORT Cohort
SITECODE Actual Code Number on Form
TCID Child's ID Number
YEAR Year of Participation in Study
RESP Respondent Code
INTID Interviewer ID Number
P6F1 How many times in the past year have you called your child's teacher?
P6F2 How many times in the past year has your child's teacher called you?
P6F3 How many times in the past year have you written your child's teacher?
P6F4 How many times in the past year has your child's teacher written you?
P6F5 How many times in the past year have you stopped by to talk to your child's teacher?
P6F6 How many times in the past year have you been invited to your child's school for a special event?
P6F7 How many times in the past year have you visited your child's school for a special event?
P6F8 How many times in the past year have you been invited to attend a parent-teacher conference?
P6F9 How many times in the past year have you attended a parent-teacher conference?
P6F10 How many times in the past year have you attended PTA meetings?
P6F11 Do you feel welcome to visit your child's school?
P6F12 Do you enjoy talking with your child's teacher?
P6F13 Do you feel your child's teacher cares about your child?
P6F14 Do you think your child's teacher is interested in getting to know you?
P6F15 Do you feel comfortable talking with your child's teacher about your child?
P6F16 Do you feel your child's teacher pays attention to your suggestions?
P6F17 Do you ask your child's teacher questions or make suggestions about your child?
P6F18 Do you send things to class like story books and other things?
P6F19 Do you help you child at home with subjects that he/she is having difficulty with?
P6F20 Do you take your child to the library?
P6F21 Do you make sure your child get his/her homework done?
P6F22 Do you volunteer at your child's school?
P6F23 Do you think your child's school is a good place for your child to be?
P6F24 Do you think the staff at your child's school is doing good things for your child?
P6F25 Do you have confidence in the people at your child's school?
P6F26 Do you think your child's school is doing a good job of preparing children for their futures?
SITE Study Site
PTP6TQS Teacher relationship quality score y6
PTP6PIN Parent Involvement mean score y6
PTP6PEN Parent Endorsement means score y6
PTP6PTC12 Parent-Teacher Contact mean score y6