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Families' involvement in their children's learning directly and positively affects educational outcomes. To meet the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, schools became required to address family involvement in substantial ways. However, it is widely recognized that given the constraints of limited time, funding, staffing and resources, involving parents in their children's education in ways that are effective and meaningful remains a challenge to schools. The resources included in this section are designed to assist schools, districts, parents and community members in developing effective family involvement programming.

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Family Involvement Framework (overview) 04/04/2006 (65.12 KB)
Research on the Role of Family Involvement in Student Achievement 04/11/2006 (18.88 KB)
Oregon Department of Education Family Involvement Policy 04/04/2006 (104.50 KB)
Working with practitioners and partners, the ODE developed a family involvement policy intended for use for schools and districts. This policy meets the requirement for Title 1A, and is adjustable to meet the needs of other federal Title and state programs as well. The policy is being piloted by numerous Oregon schools beginning in spring of 2006. It is the goal of the Oregon Department of Education that all schools adopt a meaningful family involvement policy to meet the needs of every student and family.
Family Involvement Toolkit 04/20/2006 (5.51 MB)
Family Involvement - States' Rights 06/15/2006 (208.01 KB)
(Developing state policies for family and community involvment to improve equity in student achievement) This article focuses on developing state policies for family and community involvement to improve equity in student achievement, and highlights work being done by the Oregon Department of Education.