by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Regulation, Research
Brian Ray March 15, 2018 Excerpt: A statistical analysis of 18 years of data from all the U.S. states found no relationship between the degree of state control or regulation of homeschooling and the frequency of abuse of homeschool students. That is, low-regulation...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Regulation, Research
Brian Ray February 02, 2010 Excerpt: Degree of State Regulation Students’ scores were examined according to the degree of state regulation (definitions below) in their states at one point in time, the Spring of 2008, close to when most of the data were...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Regulation, Research
Brian Ray January 23, 2018 Excerpt: Based on empirical evidence to date, there is a remarkable rate of abuse of U.S. schoolchildren by school personnel (e.g., teachers, coaches, bus drivers, administrators, custodians). The multiple laws, regulations, and policies...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Academics, Research
Rodger Williams August 20, 2018 “The home-educated typically score 15 to 30 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests. (The public school average is the 50th percentile; scores range from 1 to 99.) A 2015 study...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Regulation, Research
Rodger Williams February 16, 2015 Today there are calls from various quarters to either increase regulations on homeschoolers or to keep existing levels of regulation in place. The usual reason given is to protect low-achieving homeschooled students. But regulation...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Abuse, Research
Rodger Williams March 2,...
