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The Effect of Teacher-Family Communication on Student Engagement: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
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Kraft, Matthew A.; Dougherty, Shaun M. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of teacher communication with parents and students as a means of increasing student engagement. We estimate the causal effect of teacher communication by conducting a randomized field experiment in which sixth- and ninth-grade students were assigned to receive a daily phone call home and a text/written…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Teacher Student Relationship, Grade 6