Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Island Region
This report summarizes efforts to develop and pilot test a protocol for collecting information about parent involvement policies, practices, and programs being implemented at the middle and high school levels. The protocol can be used to expand documentation of strategies selected, adapted, and sustained in future years.
Report: West Virginia's Progress Toward Universal Prekindergarten
REL Appalachia has released a new report: "West Virginia's Progress Toward Universal Prekindergarten." The report examines rates of participation in West Virginia's universal, voluntary prekindergarten program from 2002/03 to 2006/07. It describes the share of seats provided by collaborative partners and public school systems and analyzes participation rates by demographic and socioeconomic subgroup and county characteristics.
In 2005-06, American Indian/Alaska Native students represented 1 percent of total enrollment in both public and private elementary and secondary schools. (Read more)
In 2007, about one-fifth of non-American Indian/Alaska Native students attend schools located in rural areas, as compared to approximately half of American Indian/Alaska Native students. (Read more)
Data Snapshot
Compared to 1986, the percentage of 13-year-olds in 2008 taking algebra increased from 16 to 30 percent. (Source: NAEP 2008 Long-Term Trend)
In 2006-07, a total of 38.3% of students attended schools in suburban school districts. City school districts served an additional 30.4% of students; rural school districts served 18.9% of students; and town districts served 12.4% of students.
