- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A study of low and high socio-economic parents' perceptions of the effective school correlates in two selected metropolitan Atlanta middle schools, 1992
- Creator:
- Clem, Carlton M.
- Date of Original:
- 1992-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to determine how parents in two different socio-economic environments view the effective school correlates. More specifically, the study sought to determine if there were significant differences in the perceptions of low socio-economic parents and high socio-economic parents of students in two metropolitan Atlanta middle schools regarding the effective schools correlates of (1) instructional leadership, (2) curriculum and instruction, (3) high expectations, (4) frequent monitoring of student progress, (5) safe and supportive environment, (6) opportunity to leam/time on task, and (7) home-school relations. The research population consisted of a total of sixty-four parents randomly selected from two metropolitan Atlanta middle schools in low and high socio-economic environments. Data were gathered through the Parental Perceptions of Effective Schools Questionnaire. The data were converted to forms that could be subjected to statistical analysis. The statistical test used to analyze the data was the t_ Test of Independence. Computations were made utilizing the SPSS-X statistical software package. The .05 level of significance was adopted for the study. Data analysis indicated that there were no significant differences found between low socio-economic parents and high socio-economic parents in their perceptions of the effective school correlates.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1992_clem_carlton_m
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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