Is Teacher Certification Necessary for High Achievement?      Critics often claim that only parents with teaching credentials can effectively home school. The data from this study suggest otherwise. Home school students’ test scores segmented by whether their parents have ever held a teaching certificate reveal a differential of only three percentile points — the 88th percentile versus the 85th percentile (Figure 4.0).

Continue to next page Footnote: * See Ray (1997) for more detail about the non-equal-interval nature of a simple percentile scale which has distortion especially near the ends of the scale.      ** Either parent ever certified.      *** Neither parent ever certified.      Home school data are for grades K-12. Copyright © 1997 Brian D. Ray & HSLDA This report may not be reproduced.

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Choose a page below 1 - Cover 2 - Introduction 3 - Number of Home Schoolers 4 - Home School Student Scores 5 - Long-Term vs. Midstream 6 - Teacher Certification 7 - Parent Education Level 8 - Success of Minorities 9 - Gender Gap 10 - Family Income 11 - Spending and Achievement 12 - Government Regulation 13 - Test Administration 14 - Types of Curriculum 15 - Trips to the Library 16 - Computers in Home Schools 17 - Socialization 18 - Hours Spent on TV 19 - Ages of Students in Study 20 - Occupations of Parents 21 - Length of Home Schooling 22 - Home Education of Grads 23 - After Graduation 24 - Conclusion 25 - About the Researcher

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