Epstein, J. L. (2001). School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder, CO: Westview. See chapter 6 on TIPS and other reports on homework.
Epstein, J. L., Salinas, K. C., Van Voorhis, F. L. (2001). Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) manuals and prototype activities for the elementary and middle grades. Baltimore, MD: Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships, Johns Hopkins University.
Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Simon, B. S., Salinas, K. C., Jansorn, N. R., & Van Voorhis, F. L. (2002). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. See chapter 8 on TIPS.
Epstein, J. L. & Van Voorhis, F. L. (2001). More than minutes: Teachers’ roles in designing homework. Educational Psychologist, 36: 181-194.
Salinas, K. C. & Jansorn, N. R. (2003). Promising Partnership Practices—2003. Baltimore: Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships, Johns Hopkins University. See examples of activities that increase family involvement with students on learning at home.
Van Voorhis, F. L. & Epstein, J. L. (2002). Teachers involve parents in schoolwork: Interactive Homework CD. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University CRESPAR/Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships. Includes 500 prototype assignments in math (grades k-5 and middle grades review), and language arts and science (grades 6-8).
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2003). Interactive homework in middle school: Effects on family involvement and students’ science achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 96 (9), 323-339.
To print a list of TIPS resources, visit www.partnershipschools.org, and click on TIPS.