Use of the Handbook
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Eighty percent (80%, A substantial majority (88.7%) of parents who engaged reported that the handbook had been at least somewhat useful for their students, with 33.5% finding it very or extremely useful. Nearly half of parents (48.7%) who did activities reported that their student was “extremely” or “very” engaged in them, with another 47% reporting that students were “somewhat” engaged. Only 4.2% reported that their student was “not at all engaged.” In logistic regression analyses, research assistant contact with parents predicted use of the handbook (B = 0.72, SE = 0.19Consistent with parent report, most students (74.6%) remembered their parents reading the handbook, and 56.5% said they did one or more activities from the handbook with a parent. Eighty-nine percent (89%) remembered their parent receiving the handbook, indicating a high level of awareness of the handbook and some exposure to it.