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Working as partners with schools, families and community members can help improve student performance and make schools stronger.

“When schools engage families in ways that are linked to improving learning, students make greater gains. When schools build partnerships with families that respond to their concerns and honor their contributions, they are successful in sustaining connections that are aimed at improving student achievement. And when families and communities organize to hold poorly performing schools accountable, studies suggest that school districts make positive changes in policy, practice, and resources.” From: A New Wave of Evidence

Business/Community & School Partnerships Toolkit
This toolkit was created to assist businesses, community groups and schools develop meaningful and beneficial partnerships in an effort to fulfill the Oregon Diploma requirements.

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
NCPIE is a coalition of major education, community, public service, and advocacy organizations working to create meaningful family-school partnerships in every school in America.
A Parent's Guide to School Involvement
This guide, posted on the National Education Association website, offers suggestions to help parents and communities become more involved in their children’s education.
FACT
Family and Community Together (FACT) is a family leadership organization supporting individuals and their families experiencing disability.
What Educators Mean When They Say…
This website offers descriptions of commonly used terms in education.
National PTA
Some of the resources for parents on this website include finding good after school programs, discussing drug and alcohol use with kids and helping children succeed in school.
Oregon PTA
A New Wave of Evidence
Authors Anne Henderson and Karen Mapp reviewed more than 50 research studies published since 1995 to compile A New Wave of Evidence. The synthesis shows that for parent involvement to have an impact on achievement, schools must link parent activities to student learning goals and be respectful of differences among families.
An Action Guide for Community and Parent Leaders
This guide offers information for community leaders, parents and educators on how to use No Child Left Behind to advocate for improved public education.
Let's Do Homework!
This document, excerpted from a US. Department of Education publication offers “Four Things You Can Do to Help Your Child With Homework” and “A Checklist For Helping Your Child With Homework”.
Reading Lexile Framework for Families
Beginning in 2004, students taking the Oregon Statewide Reading and Literature Assessment will receive an assessment score and a Lexile reading comprehension score. Teachers, students, and parents can use a student’s lexile score to find reading materials at a students reading level.
Reading-Birth Through Preschool
Reading-Kindergarten Through Grade 3
Helping Your Child With Today's Math
Raising Scientifically Literate Children
School Success Info
This site offers an array of resources to help parents get involved in their child’s education.