School learning climate in the lens of parental involvement and school leadership: lessons for inclusiveness among public schools

Smart Learning Environments

Table 1 Summary statistics of the item components of parental involvement in the principal questionnaire^a

CODE	Full sample					Private independent schools			Private government-dependent schools			Public schools
CODE	Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max	Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.	Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.	Obs	Mean	Std. Dev.
SC063Q02NA	16,096	0.97	0.17	0	1	1362	0.98	0.14	1479	0.99	0.12	12,279	0.97	0.16
SC063Q03NA	16,089	0.92	0.27	0	1	1362	0.95	0.22	1482	0.95	0.22	12,268	0.90	0.29
SC063Q04NA	16,044	0.78	0.41	0	1	1352	0.63	0.48	1480	0.71	0.45	12,239	0.80	0.40
SC063Q06NA	16,046	0.90	0.30	0	1	1358	0.93	0.25	1479	0.91	0.29	12,239	0.90	0.30
SC063Q07NA	16,011	0.76	0.43	0	1	1356	0.75	0.43	1472	0.78	0.42	12,222	0.76	0.43
SC063Q09NA	16,000	0.70	0.46	0	1	1356	0.54	0.50	1476	0.55	0.50	12,216	0.74	0.44

Note: Definition of items (taken from the PISA 2015 questionnaire) are supplied below. Note that the items are recoded in a such a way that 0 implies NO, and 1 imply YES. The means automatically generalize the proportion of involvement in percentage terms
^aFull source: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/data/CY6_QST_MS_SCQ_CBA_Final.pdf
Variable codes
SC063Q02NA Our school provides a welcoming and accepting atmosphere for parents to get involved
SC063Q03NA Our school designs effective forms of school-to-home and home-to-school communications about school programs and students' progress
SC063Q04NA Our school includes parents in school decisions
SC063Q06NA Our school provides information and ideas to families about how to help students at home with homework and other curriculum-related activities, decisions, and planning
SC063Q07NA Our school identifies and integrates resources and services from the community to strengthen school programs, family practices, and student learning and development
SC063Q09NA There is federal, state, or district legislation on including parents in school activities