With the information presented on WATCH D.O.G.S and the techniques used to determine that parental involvement is seen to have a positive effect on a child’s level of academic attainment, there is reason to suspect that such a program could be of value to the state of Mississippi.
With the lack of data on the changes of student’s academic achievements produced from WATCH D.O.G.S., it is recommended that testing the program would greatly benefit the program’s support and potential implementation. I advocate for a small test trial to produce data on the relationship between WATCH D.O.G.S
participation rates and students’ academic achievements. This test trial could be of small- scale trail and easily funded with the options described above.
From what has been shown in this paper, the test trial will likely result in WATCH D.O.G.S improving academic success of K-12 students, showing that the program is worth supporting and funding on a larger scale. If results of the test show a strong result, there would be reason to expand WATCH D.O.G.S. widely.
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