|PDF (1 MB)| NCLB and Parent Involvement NCLB recognizes the
value of parent participation in the formal education endeavor,
as evidenced in its parent-involvement requirements for schools,
districts, and state education agencies (SEAs) (see fig. 1,
Selected Parent Involvement Requirements Under Title I of NCLB
By Type of Education Agency, on p. 4). For example, under NCLB,
all Title I schools, which receive special federal funding to
raise the performance of disadvantaged students, must develop
parent involvement policies and strategies, and all but the
smallest (i.e., a district that receives under $500,000 in Title
I funding) must spend at least 1 percent of their Title I
funding on parent training and education programs.5 The
legislation also has resulted in additional parent involvement
requirements for any school or district identified under its
state education accountability system as being "in need of
improvement" because for two years in a row it has not reached
state-designated progress goals, known