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...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Evidence, Issues
Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. June 1, 2020 Excerpt: Social science research (e.g., education research) almost never sees “the perfect study.” While teaching research methods at the university graduate and undergraduate levels across seven years, I explained to my...
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 | 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 Rodger Williams | Homeschooling, Issues
Rodger Williams December 14, 2018 How do homeschools compare with public schools on how well they prevent academic failures, as measured by standardized test scores? The average U.S. homeschool standardized test score is in the range of 65 to 80 percentiles, according...
