Homeschool Achievement Outperforms National Average
By Sun Kyu Bae |
Published August 14, 2009 |
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Read all about a 2009 study confirming that homeschool achievement outperforms the national average!
Results
Alright. You'll be happy to know that not only did homeschoolers outperform their public school peers overall, but they did so in each category tested as shown below:
Remember, that a 36 percentage point difference actually translates to a homeschool achievement score that is 72% higher compared to the public school national average.
Want some detailed demographics on the homeschoolers that were tested? Here you go:
Notice that for each homeschool demographic factor, the spread between the lowest and highest score is minimal, with education and income resulting in the largest difference in scores.
Pssst. Did you notice that the factors related to state laws imposed on homeschooling (i.e., teaching certification and state regulation) resulted in virtually no difference in achievement scores?
I mean, doesn't all this kinda get you wondering what the states are doing spending all their money trying to control homeschooling, when in fact the difference that all these efforts make is the same miniscule difference as whether the homeschool student who participated in this study was a boy or a girl? Go figure.
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