| CRITERIA/QUESTIONS | Yes | No | Needs Improving |
| 1. Are meeting announcements, posters, and publications printed in the languages of the parents who attend the school? | |||
| 2. Are special efforts made to involve parents in the educational process and content? | |||
| 3. Is a particular effort made to involve women and men from different racial and national origin groups, and varied socioeconomic levels, in all parent activities? | |||
| 4. Do teachers, administrators, and principals make an effort to communicate regularly and positively with parents (parent conferences, school newsletters, notices on school procedures and rules)? | |||
| 5. Are transportation and child care arrangements made for parents to attend school meetings and parent-teacher conferences if needed? | |||
| 6. Are there parent recognition programs for many types of service to the school? | |||
| 7. Is there an ongoing commitment to substantive parent involvement, such as an active PTA and/or parent advisory council in the school? | |||
| 8. Are parent meetings schedules at mutually convenient times and places for employed as well as nonemployed parents and teachers in the school community? | |||
| 9. Are teacher observations, both positive and negative, about their chilcfs progress communicated clearly and regularly to parents in an interactive, two-way process? | |||
| 10. Are the sites for all meetings and activities accessible to parents with disabilities? |
Source: Elements of Equity: Criteria for Equitable Schools
Developed by Jill Moss Greenberg and Susan Shaffer, The Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium,
1991.