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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:31:55 -0600
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- Subject: homeschooling
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- Several weeks back Michael Hines asked the question:
-
- >As I recall in reading some literature on standardized testing, private
- >schools usually fare better. How does home schooling compare...anyone
- >know?
-
- The National Center for Home Education (NCHE) provided some statistics
- in an October 1992 press release. The results were from the testing
- of 10,750 homeschool children in all grades (K-12) and in all 50
- states. The standardized test was the "Stanford Achievement Test, 8th
- Edition" and was made available to the homeschoolers by the Home
- School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). The testing complied with
- publisher-generated guidelines to ensure integrity in test
- administration.
-
- According to the data presented, the composite scores ranked 15 to 32
- percent above the (public school) averages. The highest average
- composite was 82 in kindergarten, the next highest average composite
- was 77 in 11th grade. The lowest average composite was 65 in 2nd
- grade.
-
- If there are any specific questions, I can try to answer them. Of
- course you must realize that this is a relatively small sample size
- (since I read in a DOE report that the estimated homeschool population
- is about 300,000 students). In addition, the number of students
- tested in the higher grades was very small. (This likely due to
- homeschooling being a rather recent phenomenon.)
-
- Alan Ogletree
- Houston, TX
-