MEMORANDUM May 30, 2008 SUBJECT: TITLE I, PART A PARENT INVOLVEMENT REPORT

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1 MEMORANDUM May 30, 2008 TO: FROM: School Board Members Abelardo Saavedra Superintendent of Schools SUBJECT: TITLE I, PART A PARENT INVOLVEMENT REPORT CONTACT: Carla Stevens, Background The Title I, Part A Program is designed to provide opportunities, training, and information for parents that will help them assume a more meaningful role in improving student achievement, and to increase their effectiveness when participating in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of the Title I, Part A programs. The Houston Independent School District (HISD) Title I, Part A parental involvement participation data were limited to parental involvement participation in the following areas: parent/teacher conferences, parent education, family literacy, parent literacy, parent planning, and parent volunteering. s who attended parent/teacher conferences were identified. education participation identified parents who have received services such as GED or ESL instruction. literacy participation identified other family members who attended activities that promoted student achievement. literacy participation identified parents who attended activities that promoted student achievement. These activities included: family math, reading, science nights, and parenting-skills workshops. planning identified the participation of parents in the campus planning process. volunteering identified parents who participated in organized parental support in a variety of capacities. For the school year, parents of 70,167 students participated in the Title I, program which represented 37.3 percent of all Title I, Part A students enrolled. HISD served a total of 275 Title I, Part A schools during the school year. Of the schools served, there were eight early childhood centers, 181 elementary, 49 middle, one combined, and 36 high schools. While the majority (268) were schoolwide campuses, seven were targeted assisted (Appendix A). The percentage of parental involvement was calculated by dividing the number of students who had parental involvement coded on their student Chancery screens by the total number of students in membership based on the fall 2006 PEIMS resubmission. category percentages were calculated at the school, region, and district levels. Findings Figure I reflects the majority of Title I, Part A parental involvement activities was identified as parent conference. It is interesting to note that over 43 percent were identified as educational enrichment activities for families and parents including education, family literacy, and parent literacy. The North Region exceeded the other regions in conferencing. The Alternative and Charter Schools Office exceeded in family literacy. The South Region exceeded in education, parent literacy, planning, and volunteering (Figure 2).

2 When looking at the specific types of parental involvement at the district and regional levels, it is apparent that the conference was the main form of involvement. The lowest areas of participation were parent literacy and planning (Appendix A). Westside High School had the highest level of parental involvement participation 90 percent. Several schools showed no parental involvement participation. Several site observations indicated technical problems and inconsistency with coding (Appendix B). An extract of data from the Chancery Student Management System (SMS) indicated that 254 campuses showed parental involvement data. Chancery allows the user to code a student's record whose parents have been involved. Additionally, the user is then encouraged to identify how the parent was involved. In many cases, this action was not exercised. The following schools did not indicate any parental coding: Early Childhood - Armandina Farias - Gabriela Mistral - Las Americas - Phillis Wheatley Elementary - Charles Atherton - John Kennedy - Concord Middle - W.A.L.I.P.P. High - Carnegie Vanguard - Barbara Jordan - REACH Charter - Ross Sterling - Houston Night - Booker T. Washington - Kashmere - Newcomer - Evan Worthing Combined - ALTA - Young Scholars Academy - Bannker-McNair Math/Science - Community Services Conclusion Overall, student enrollment in Title I schools during the school year was 188,256 with the total number of students with parent involvement participation at 70,167 which reflects a percentage of 37.3 percent districtwide. Further assessment of the different types of involvement showed little change between categories (Appendix A). The percentage rates in all the categories, except conferencing appeared to be low. Only the South Region had marginally consistent participation levels. The Alternative and Charter schools led in the area of family literacy (35.2 percent) (Figure 2 and Appendix A). Recommendations Additional attention should be considered for parent literacy programs. Based on the percentage of limited English proficient students in HISD, 27.4 percent, there is a substantial need for schools to offer like programs.

3 planning with the schools appears to require more effort. Increasing parental planning activities can increase parents support of the children and the success of the school. Additionally, attention is required to ensure that the Title I, Part A Program elements are completed coded. Approximately one quarter of the students coded with parental involvement did not have codes for specific activities. Should you have any further questions, please contact my office or Carla Stevens in Research and Accountability at (713) AS Attachments cc: Superintendent s Direct Reports Regional Superintendents Executive Principals Noelia Garza Pamala Evans

4 Conference, 71% Volunteering, 17% Planning, 10%, 10%, 17% Education, 16% Volunteering Planning Education Conference Figure 1: HISD Title I, Part A parental involvement districtwide Conference Education Type of District Alternative Central East North South Planning West Volunteering Percentage of Figure 2: HISD Title I, Part A parental involvement by region HISD Research and Accountability 1

5 Appendix A HISD Title I, Part A Participation Categories % Enrollment Conference Education Planning Volunteering Alternative 5, Central 34,942 12, East 32,566 14, North 39,985 13, South 28,235 6, West 46,376 22, Districtwide 187,310 70, Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 2

6 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % Alternative Accelerated Learning & Transitio Banneker-McNair Math/Science A Carter Career Center CLC CLC (Secondary Campus) Community SVC Dominion Academy Energized for Excellence Energized for Excellence Academ Energized for Excellence Academ Harper Alternative Houston Night HS Kandy Stripe Academy Pleasant Hill El Pro-Vision St. John's Academy WALIPP Mdl Young Learning Alt Young Scholars (ALT) Region Total 5, Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 3

7 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % Central Benbrook Black Mdl Blackshear Browning Clifton Mdl. 1, Crockett Cullen Mdl DeBakey HSHP HS Dodson Durham Field Foster Garden Oaks Gregory-Lincoln Gregory-Lincoln Mdl Hamilton Mdl. 1, Hartsfield Harvard Helms Hogg Mdl HSLECJ HS Jones, J.W Lamar HS 3, Lanier Mdl. 1, Lockhart Love MacArthur MacGregor Memorial Oak Forest Peck Poe Reagan HS 1,707 1, Rice School El Rice School Mdl Ryan Mdl Scarborough HS Sinclair Smith, K Stevens Stevenson Thompson Travis Turner Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 4

8 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % Central (cont.) Wainwright Waltrip HS 1,763 1, Wharton Whidby Wilson Yates HS 1, Region Total 34,942 12, Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 5

9 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % East Austin HS 1,857 1, Bellfort Academy Bonner Briscoe Burnet Cage Carrillo Chavez HS 2, Crespo Davila Deady Mdl. 1, DeZavala Eastwood Edison Mdl Franklin Furr HS Gallegos Harris, J.R Harris, R. P Henderson, J.P Holland Mdl Jackson Mdl. 1, Lantrip Laurenzo Lewis Milby HS 2, Oates Ortiz Mdl. 1, Park Place Patterson Pleasantville Port Houston Project Chrysalis Reach Charter Robinson Rucker Rusk Elem Sanchez Southmayd Stevenson Mdl. 1, Tijerina Whittier Region Total 32,566 14, Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 6

10 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % North Allen Atherton Barrick Berry Bowie Bruce Burbank Burbank Mdl. 1, Burrus Concord Cook ES Coop Crawford Davis HS 1, DeChaumes Dogan Durkee Eliot Farias El Fleming Mdl Fonville Mdl. 1, Garcia Henderson, N.Q Henry Mdl. 1, Herrera Highland Heights Hohl Houston Gardens Houston HS 2, Isaacs Janowski Jefferson Jordan HS 1, Kashmere Gardens Kashmere HS Kennedy Ketelsen Key Mdl Looscan Lyons Marshall Mdl. 1, Martinez, C Martinez, R McDade Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 7

11 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % North (cont.) McReynolds Mdl Moreno El Northline Osborne Pugh Roosevelt Ross Scarborough Scott Scroggins Sherman Smith, E.O Smith, E.O. Mdl Washington HS 1, Wesley Wheatley HS 1, Wheatly EEC Williams Mdl Region Total 39,985 13, Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 8

12 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % South Alcott Almeda Attucks Mdl Bastian Brookline Carnegie Vanguard HS Codwell Cornelius Dowling Mdl. 1, Empowerment Prep Fairchild Frost Garden Villas 1, Golfcrest Gregg Grimes Grissom Hartman Mdl. 1, Hobby Jones HS Kelso King Law Mading Madison HS 2, Mitchell 1, Montgomery Petersen Reynolds Rhoads Seguin Sterling HS 1, Thomas Mdl Windsor Village Woodson K Woodson Mdl Worthing HS 1, Young E. M Region Total 28,235 6, Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 9

13 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % West Anderson Ashford Askew Bell Benavidez Bonham 1, Braeburn Briargrove Briarmeadow Charter School Briarmeadow Mdl Challenge HS Condit Cunningham Elrod Emerson Foerster Fondren Fondren Mdl Gordon Grady Mdl Gross Elementary Halpin Center Herod Johnston Mdl. 1, Kaleidoscope Kolter Las Americas Early Childhood Las Americas Mdl Lee HS 1, Long Mdl. 1, Longfellow Lovett McNamara Milne Mistral G. ECC Neff 1, Newcomer Charter HS Parker Pershing Mdl. 1,730 1, Pilgrim Pin Oak Mdl. 1, Piney Point Red Revere Mdl. 1, Rodriguez Elementary Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 10

14 HISD Title I, Part A by School Enrollment Categories % West (cont.) Sands Point School at Post Oak Shadowbriar El Sharpstown HS 1, Sharpstown Mdl. 1, Shearn Sugar Grove Sutton 1, T.H. Rogers Mdl T.H. Rogers School Tinsley Elementary Valley West Walnut Bend Welch Mdl. 1, West Briar Mdl Westbury HS 2, Westside HS 2,829 2, White Region Total 46,376 22, Source: PEIMS Fall Collection (Resubmission) and Chancery Title I Data HISD Research and Accountability 11