All Articles On Research From Homeschooling Backgrounder
Note: These article titles are links to the individual articles, followed by a brief summary or an excerpt from each article.
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Academics
Does Homeschooling or Private Schooling Promote Political Intolerance?
“Specifically, … those [college students] with more exposure to homeschooling relative to public schooling tend to be more politically tolerant.“
Academic Achievement of Homeschool Students: A Review of Peer-reviewed Research
“Both state-provided data sets showed higher than average academic achievement test scores for the home educated.“
Falling through the cracks: Public school vs. homeschool
“Homeschooled students are as consistently (equitably) educated as public school students.“
The Homeschool Effect in Oregon
“Home educated students have long been recognized by research as scoring substantially higher than expected, on average, on nationally normed achievement tests. We will take a deeper look at the mechanics of how that works out in practice.“
Average Academic Performance of Homeschooled Students
“The home-educated typically score 15 to 30 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests.“
National Homeschool Achievement Data Reliability
“The idea is that parents of students with lower test scores would be likely to decline to report scores and thus bias the estimated average score higher. This is, in fact, a theoretical possibility. The question is, did it actually happen. We now have evidence that it did not.“
Socialization
Homeschooling and the Question of Socialization Revisited
“This article reviews recent research on homeschooled children’s socialization… An alarmist view of homeschooling, therefore, is not supported by empirical research.“
Does Homeschooling or Private Schooling Promote Political Intolerance?
A review of a research study about how private education may impact political tolerance in students.
Abuse
Child Abuse: The Public School Safe Harbor Myth
“Public school advocates maintain that their schools protect students from child abuse because of mandatory reporters. But Federal data fails to support that assumption.“
Why Public Schools Fail To Protect Students From Child Abuse
“Most people assume that public schools protect students because the schools’ mandatory reporters contact Child Protective Services (CPS) about suspected child abuse. That assumption is wrong. “
Why Public Schools Fail To Protect Students From Child Abuse (New Jersey)
“There is no evidence in the data that the New Jersey Department of Children and Families is effective at preventing child abuse.”
Why Public Schools Fail To Protect Students From Child Abuse (Connecticut)
“Connecticut has the same pattern as the national abuse rates: Gradually declining child abuse rates with no visible dip as children enter school.”
National Study on Homeschool Child Abuse
“If anything, the weak incidences of child abuse among homeschoolers are not related to family, but with school and community.”
Primary Reason Behind Homeschooling is Lack of Safety in the Public Schools
“Furthermore, if these dangerous patterns of behavior persist, one should not expect parents’ concerns for their children’s safety to subside nor be surprised if the number of homeschool families continues to increase.”
Research Evidence Indicates Homeschoolers Have a Lower Child Abuse Rate Than Average
“But there indeed have been studies which suggest a lower abuse rate among homeschoolers than the national average. This review will examine these studies.”
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities 2016
“Homeschoolers have both a lower fatality rate and a lower fatality count than either of the other two groups.“
Homeschool Child Fatalities Fewer Than the National Average
“Legally homeschooled students are 40% less likely to die by child abuse or neglect than the average student nationally.“
Regulation
Five Unfounded Assumptions Embodied in Homeschool Regulation
The article argues that homeschool regulations rest on flawed assumptions about parent ability, test scores, and public school superiority, none of which are supported by evidence.
The Relationship Between the Degree of State Regulation of Homeschooling and the Abuse of Homeschool Children (Students)
“In this analysis, there was no significant correlation between regulation and homeschool abuse.”
Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study, 2010
“…There is no significant relationship between degree of state regulation of homeschooling and test scores”
Child Abuse of Public School, Private School, and Homeschool Students: Evidence, Philosophy, and Reason
“There is no empirical evidence that increasing government control or regulations over homeschooling will significantly reduce the abuse of home-educated children.”
Regulating Homeschoolers: The Missing Effects
“The actual homeschool test scores do not support the hypothesis that regulation improves academic performance for homeschooled students at the low end of the achievement spectrum.”