The Development of a Parent-Tutor Assessment Scale
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Urban Education
- Vol. 29 (1) , 22-33
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085994029001003
Abstract
A new measure of parent-tutoring support for elementary-age children, the Parent-Tutor Assessment (PTA), is described. The PTA assesses parents' tutoring behaviors, their competency and motivation to tutor, and parent-child communication. The PTA total score was related to students ' academic, social, and behavioral adjustment in school. The PTA total score discriminated between samples of high- and low-support parents. Students who received greater parent-tutoring support tended to achieve significantly higher grades in reading, spelling, and mathematics than did less supported children.Keywords
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