Home Schooling

Delta County School District Has VISION for School Choice
Marya DeGrow
Independence Institute
June 29, 2005

Researcher Marya DeGrow explains how homeschooling families use public dollars to participate in programs allowing students to split time between their homeschool program and community programs.

Home Schooling in Nevada: The Budgetary Impact
Nevada Policy Research Institute
John T. Wenders, Ph.D. and Andrea D. Clements, Ph.D.

The number of homeschool students in Nevada has grown 2.17 percent and 5.81 percent, respectively, in the past two years—and despite fears that more homeschoolers would drain funds from the public school system, local school districts have actually gained between $24.3 and $34.6 million.

Homeschooling Grows Up
Brian D. Ray, Ph.D.
The Home School Legal Defense Association
2003
The Home School Legal Defense Association commissioned Brian D. Ray, Ph.D., to survey adults who were homeschooled and find out whether this educational delivery system served them well. After surveying 7,300 adults, Ray produced this report, the results of which "confirm what homeschoolers have thought for years: "No problem here." 

The Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998
Lawrence M. Rudner, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, College of Library and Information Services, ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation

The study found home-school students have higher academic achievement than students in public or private schools. Home-schooled elementary school students tend to perform one grade level higher than their peers in traditional schools. By high school, they are achieving four grade levels above the national average.

Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America
Dr. Brian D. Ray
National Home Education Research Institute
1997 
The study shows that “Regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic status, parent education level, teacher certification, or the degree of government regulation, the academic achievement scores of home educated students significantly exceed those of public school students.” It includes positive findings on socialization.