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Featured Studies

Home Schooling Achievement
Reporting relevant data about the results of home schooling in a brief and easily accessible manner.

Home Schooling Works!
Findings of an independent study by Lawrence M. Rudner, Ph.D., Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation. (1999)

Home Education Across the United States
Study on home schooling, conducted by Dr. Brian D. Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute. (1997)

Links to other studies

Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream
Home schooling is an effective alternative to the public school system (2001)
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Home Schooling on the Threshold
A Survey of Research at the Dawn of the New Millennium by Dr. Brian Ray. (1999)

How Many Times Do Home Schoolers Visit the Library Per Month?

This study found that 53% of home schoolers visit a library at least once or twice a month (Figure 12.0). Nearly half (47%) reported that they go even more often. As a group, home schooled students frequent the library an average of 3.8 times each month (see Ray, 1997).

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Footnote: Data are for K-12 home school students.

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