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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: School Psych Rev. 2006;35(4):645–662.

Appendix B.

Factor Loadings, Means, and Standard Deviations for Each Item and Eigenvalue, Explained Variance, and Cronbach’s Alpha for the Three Factors of Teacher-Reported Involvement Measure (n = 311)

Factor Loadings
Factor and Item F1 F2 F3 M SD
Factor 1 (Alliance)
 18. Teacher can talk to and feel heard by parent. .88 .17 .09 3.95 1.02
 20. Parent has shared goals with school. .88 .20 .02 3.94 1.06
 15. Mutual understanding. .87 .15 .03 3.97 0.96
 16. Similar expectations of child. .86 .15 .03 3.98 1.04
 14. Parent respects teacher. .83 .09 .01 4.21 0.80
 13. Teacher respects parent. .83 .12 −. 02 4.30 0.86
 21. Education important to child’s family. .82 .29 −. 05 3.99 1.04
 19. Teacher comfortable discussing child problems with parent. .77 .07 .16 4.21 0.90
 17. Parent interested in knowing teacher. .75 .34 .09 3.35 1.11
 12. Difficult communication (reversed coding). .68 .20 .01 1.97 1.13
 28. How often parent encourages child’s positive attitude toward education. .64 .50 −. 12 3.25 1.30
 27. How involved is parent in child’s education. .60 .51 −. 02 3.16 1.32
Factor 2 (General Parent Involvement)
 7. Parent has visited child’s school for a special event. .36 .75 −. 04 2.16 0.75
 26. How often parent volunteers at school. .32 .71 −.03 1.77 1.16
 5. Parent stopped by to talk to teacher. .32 .66 .14 2.32 0.92
 11. Parent has attended PTA/PTO meetings. .34 .66 .02 1.67 0.69
 1. Parent has called teacher. .17 .64 .20 2.05 0.83
 25. How often parent sends books or objects to class. .43 .64 .06 1.92 1.08
 24. How often parent asks or makes suggestions. .38 .60 .29 2.65 1.14
 3. Parent has written teacher. .12 .59 .08 2.23 0.79
 2. Teacher has called parent. −.19 .47 .36 2.39 0.71
 9. Parent has attended a parent-teacher conference. .21 .46 −. 02 1.94 0.46
 6. Parent has been invited to school for a special event. .04 .46 .23 2.66 0.64
 8. Parent has been invited to attend a parent-teacher conference. −.26 .29 .14 2.11 0.39
Factor 3 (Teacher Initiation)
 22. How often teacher tells parent when concerned. .12 .12 .91 3.66 1.10
 23. How often teacher tells parent when worried. .12 .08 .90 3.41 1.23
 4. Teacher has written parent. −.05 .25 .40 3.08 0.98
Eigenvalue 10.96 3.28 1.80
Percentage explained variance 30.34 18.97 8.00
Cronbach’s alpha .90 .85 .71

Note. PTA/PTO = Parent-Teacher Association or Parent-Teacher Organization.