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Featured Studies
Reporting relevant data about the results of home schooling in a brief and easily accessible manner.
Findings of an independent study by Lawrence M. Rudner, Ph.D., Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation. (1999)
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 is an effective alternative to the public school system (2001)
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A Survey of Research at the Dawn of the New Millennium by Dr. Brian Ray. (1999)
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Are Computers a Part of Home Schools?
Apparently quick to employ the cutting-edge technology of computers, 85.6% of home school families reported owning a computer and 83.7% say their children use it in their education. Compared to the national norms for all U.S. families (34% and 26%, respectively), home school families are setting a trend for equipping their children with resources for the 21st century (Figure 13.0).
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Footnote: * Data for all U.S. families based on table from United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (1996). Digest of education statistics 1996, Table 417: Access to and use of home computers, by selected characteristics of students and other users: October 1993 Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
Copyright © 1997 Brian D. Ray & HSLDA
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