HSLDA | Home Schooling Works!--The Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998

C O N T E N T S

RESULTS
How do home schoolers measure up?
· Median Composite Scores
· Grade Level
· Grade Equivalent
· Scores by Academic Setting
· Rankings Based on Gender
· Rank on Parent Certification

Who home schools?
· Academic Achievement
· Income
· Family Size
· Marital Status
· Daily Television Viewing
· Money Spent per Student

VIEWPOINT
Why are home schoolers succeeding?

REGARDING
The study
The researcher

The following is a summary of...
The Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998, by Lawrence M. Rudner, Ph.D. A copy of the full report can be found here or, see the peer-reviewd online journal Education Policy Analysis Archives at http://epaa.asu.edu/
epaa/v7n8/.

All photos by
Rebekah A. Parker © 1999

The Scholastic Achievement
and Demographic Characteristics of
Home School Students in 1998
An independent study by Lawrence M. Rudner, Ph.D.,
Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on
Assessment and Evaluation

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