by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Research
Brian Ray March 15, 2023 Excerpt: First, [Ray and Shakeel] obtained a nationally representative sample. Second, they collected data from the adult sample that included the full year-by-year 13-year schooling history and demographics during both childhood and...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Academics, Research
Rodger Williams April 24, 2018 Updated November 4, 2023 Homeschool academic achievement — as measured by standardized tests — is normally distributed, just like public school academic achievement. Not only is the homeschool curve the same shape as the...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Research
Rodger Williams October 1, 2024 A recurring criticism of the nationwide studies on homeschool academic achievement — conducted by Dr. Brian Ray and the National Home Education Research Institute — is that participants were self-selected. That is, the data...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Abuse, Research
Rodger Williams Updated February 16, 2024 Public school advocates maintain that their schools protect students from child abuse because of mandatory reporters. But Federal data fails to support that assumption. Younger children are subject to higher rates of abuse...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Regulation
Rodger Williams October 3, 2020 Unfounded assumption #1: Depriving children of the opportunity to homeschool does not harm them Editor’s note: See Percentiles for help interpreting the graph. The chart shows homeschooling gives the same academic...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Academics, Research
Rodger Williams August 12, 2020 Editor’s note: See Percentiles for help interpreting the graph. The graph compares the public school academic achievement curve on the left with the homeschool achievement curve on the...
