The Performance of Grade Eleven Students as Perceived by Parents as a Tool for Evaluation: A Basis for a Proposed Action Plan

Abstract

Many of the best educational institutions are those in which parents and teachers feel that they are the team, not competing for learners' attention and interest. According to Medina (2004), there is a need to create a symbiosis between school and family to achieve standards of excellence. Baumarind (2007) mentioned in her article that the home and the teachers in the school have a sympathetic understanding of one another's work. They should work together harmoniously in uplifting the quality of education they desire for their children. The teachers' work should supplement that of parents but not to take its place. Parents have a strong influence on children's academic motivation and achievement. The attitude generated by the parents is transmitted to their children, and this strengthens the work of the school. The study aimed to determine the academic performance of grade eleven learners concerning their parental involvement in school activities in Dona Teodora Alonzo Senior High School, during the school year 2017-2018. The researcher was convinced to use the descriptive method of research especially the survey design utilizing a questionnaire-checklist as a tool in gathering pertinent data since the design is suitable in determining the assessment on the academic performance of grade eleven learners concerning parents, involvement in school activities. Documentary analysis was used since the grade was taken from (Form 138) SF 9. The data gathered were treated statistically for frequency, percentage distributions, Pearson r, and Independent t-test. Parent and learners respondents observe that parental involvement extended by the parents to their children. The academic performance of the pupils is significantly related to parental involvement in school activities and monitoring home activities as perceived by the parents and the learners.