Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to validate the Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ) for use in high school settings (9th-12th grade). After the FIQ was redesigned for use in the high school setting, 517 parents completed the questionnaire online. Internal consistency for the 40-item questionnaire was high (alpha = 0.93). A confirmatory factor analysis failed to substantiate the FIQ-HS to the elementary version from which it was adapted. However, an exploratory factor analysis yielded three factors consistent with the FIQ-E. Family demographics were compared to participants\u27 responses, and significant effects for students\u27 school and special education status were found