Families often live further from the high school and are less able to spend time there. The organization of the secondary schools is more complex and teachers have contact with larger numbers of students. Few high schools make any one teacher responsible for a small group of students. Information on student progress involves contacting four or five individuals. At the secondary level, what parents do at home seems to have the greatest impact.
Research also suggests a correlation between parent involvement and dropout rates.
These parents were more likely to respond to poor grades with punishment. These high school students rarely consulted their parents when making educational decisions. Rumberger et al. While nine out of ten secondary teachers feel parent involvement remains important at the high school level, only three out of ten feel that it is their responsibility to involve parents. Increasing communication between home and school and providing guidance to parents for discussions with their children about planning for the future were viewed as positive strategies.