Relationship between the Type of Parent Involvement and High School Student Academic Achievement and Attitude toward School

The main purpose of this research was to find out the relationship between the type of parent involvement and high school student academic achievement and attitude toward school in selected Basic Education High Schools in Tatkon Township. There were 593 Grade-9 students in selected high schools included in this study. Two student questionnaires, Student Questionnaire for parent involvement and Student Questionnaire for student attitude toward school, measure the relationships among the constructs. Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations were used in analyzing data. The results of the study indicated that the students from School A had rated concerning their parent involvement ( =3.78) was the highest mean score and the students from School F had rated concerning their parent involvement ( =2.75) was the lowest mean score. Besides, it was found that parent involvement in Grade A ( =4.01), Grade B ( =3.77) and Grade C ( =2.91). Based on these findings, students with Grade A whose parents had found highest involvement and students with Grade C whose parents had found lowest involvement. In addition, the type of parent involvement were positively and moderately related to student attitude toward school (r=.510, p