Table 9. Percentage of students enrolled in grades 3–12 whose parents were involved in various ways with their children's schools, by public school type: 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007

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Table 9.

Percentage of students enrolled in grades 3–12 whose parents were involved in various ways with their children's schools, by public school type: 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007

Ways parents were involved	Public school type												Private school type
	Public, assigned						Public, chosen						Private, religious						Private, nonsectarian
	1993	1996	1999	2003	2007		1993	1996	1999	2003	2007		1993	1996	1999	2003	2007		1993	1996	1999	2003	2007
Attended a general meeting	75	73	75	85	88		73	73	75	83	87		93	92	93	95	97		89	82	87	95	98
Went to a parent-teacher conference	—	65	66	70	72		—	70	67	77	77		—	82	86	85	84		—	75	74	82	87
Attended a school event	66	65	63	68	72		61	62	59	65	72		87	84	84	87	88		85	75	76	77	84
Volunteered/served on a committee	33	32	30	34	37		31	31	31	37	42		66	68	65	68	69		59	47	53	60	62
— Not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Readiness Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), 1993; School Safety and Discipline Survey of the NHES, 1993; Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the NHES, 1996; Parent Survey of the NHES, 1999; Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the NHES, 2003; and Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the NHES, 2007.