Parent Expectations and Planning for College: Statistical Analysis Report (NCES 2008-079)

This report uses data from the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) Parent and Family Involvement Survey (PFI) to examine the characteristics associated with the educational expectations parents had for their children and the postsecondary education planning practices families and schools engaged in. The results presented in this report are based on a sample of students in grades 6 through 12, who represented the 28 million students in grades 6 through 12 in the United States in early 2003.