Determinants of student and parent satisfaction at a
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This document discusses research on student and parent satisfaction in traditional public schools. It presents several hypotheses: that girls, African American students, and Latino students would have higher school satisfaction than boys and Caucasian students, and that general education students and their parents would have higher satisfaction than special education students and parents. Previous studies found that safety is a major predictor of parent satisfaction, and that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder were less satisfied with diagnostic services and programs than parents of children with other disabilities.
Determinants of student and parent satisfaction at a
- 1. Dennis E. Beck Robert Maranto Wen-Juo Lo University of Arkansas
- 2. Research indicates that in traditional public schools the subjective well-being of students and parents varies by gender, race, and special education status. Prior studies suggest that general education students, that female students have greater satisfactions with their schooling than male students.
- 3. Parent Satisfaction Friedman, Bobrowski and Geraci (2006) stated that SAFETY is the most significant predictor of parent satisfaction. Parent experiences with their child’s school influence their satisfaction. Parents satisfaction with services is associated with parent involvement in school activities which turn, is associated with
- 4. Special Education Parent Satisfaction Parents generally satisfied with services received by their child with Autism Spectrum Disorder ( ASD ), despite complaints regarding diagnostic services, particularly age of diagnosis, which delayed services being sought and obtained.
- 5. Parents of children with ASD were uniformly more dissatisfied with services, programs and teachers than parents of children with other disabilities. The young children with ASD appear to spend more time in special education setting than children with other disabilities.
- 6. Hypotheses Girls would have higher school satisfaction than boys. African American students would have higher school satisfaction than Caucasian students. Latino students would have higher school satisfaction than Caucasian students
- 7. General Education students would have higher school satisfaction than special education students. For Parents: Parents of girls would have higher school satisfaction than parents of boys. Parents of African American students would have higher school satisfaction than parents of Caucasian students.
- 8. Parents of Latino students would have higher school satisfaction than parents of Caucasian students. Parents of General Education students would have higher school satisfaction than parent of special education students.