Impacts of Home Visits on Students in District of Columbia Public Schools. REL 2022-128

Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-245-6940; Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/midatlantic/index.asp

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EDIES17C0006

Program Effectiveness; Home Visits; Public Schools; Elementary School Students; Elementary School Teachers; Family Involvement; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Discipline; Attendance; Mathematics Achievement; Language Arts; Academic Achievement; Family School Relationship

This study examined the impacts of structured relationship-building teacher home visits conducted in grades 1-5 as part of a family engagement program in the District of Columbia Public Schools. Using a matched comparison group research design, the study measured the impacts of the home visits on student disciplinary incidents and attendance. The study found that a home visit before the start of the school year reduced the likelihood of a student having a disciplinary incident in that school year. During the school year following a home visit, 9.27 percent of visited students had a disciplinary incident compared with 12.22 percent of nonvisited comparison students. The study also found that, on average, a home visit slightly improved student attendance. The attendance rate averaged 95.28 percent for visited students and 94.93 percent for nonvisited comparison students. [For the Study Snapshot, see ED615921. For the appendixes, see ED615922.]

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https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=4597

2021

ED615918