The objective of this study was to find out and determine the correlation between parents’ involvement and students’ English achievement. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview, and the numerical calculation. There were 36 students and parents of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Lubuklinggau in the academic year of 2014/2015 chosen randomly as the sample. The result indicated that there was a positive correlation between parents’ involvement and the eighth grade students’ English achievement. The development of the variable X or Parents’ involvement was followed by the development on the variable Y or Students’ English achievement. The parents’ involvement can be described as a support from the parents as a facilitator. They gave a good contribution to their children English achievement but not in solving the problems about the material in English when they study at home.
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