• Improved academic performance
• The students and their families become closer
• Relationships between home and school improve
• The skills that family members possess help students in the classroom and out
• The students receive extra support and understanding from their family
• The students behavior in school improves
• Lower dropout rates
• Students are more motivated due to incentives from their parents
• Improved school attendance
• The students, as well as the parents, perceive school to be a better place and have better attitudes about school
• The parents are overall more satisfied with their child's teacher
• The student is more likely to attend college

"When teachers actively seek to make parents and family involvement a regular part of their teaching practices, parents increase interaction with their children at home and tend to rate teachers as better teachers overall." -Myers, 10

Myers, John and Luetta Monson. Involving Families in Middle Level Education. National Middle School Association, Columbus, OH. 1993.

Current Issues In Middle Level Education. Professors of Middle Level Education. Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 2000.

United States Department of Education. Parent Partners Using Parents to Enhance Education. Washington: GPO, 2000.