d to increased interest in helping. Parents were put in the classroom as partners, which helped to increase direct relationships with the students. Students and parents developed a sense of belonging, which helped cross cultural barriers and languages. All students began to interact and share in the different languages and cultures and improvement in learning was demonstrated.
Muller (1995) reported early findings on the effects of parent involvement on mathematic academic achievement in eighth graders. Data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 were used to examine variables. Parent involvement in the home, community, and school were examined. Findings showed that when background and grades of the student were controlled, full-time employment of the mother resulted in lower math achievement test scores. When parent involvement was added, there were no differences between achievement
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