Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 9:17AM
Home Schooling and College Success
From Exploring Academic Outcomes of Homeschooled Students by Michael Cogan of the University of St. Thomas
Home school lacks a clear definition. The following characteristics describe it.
K-12
Child receives the majority of formal education in the home
Primary teacher is the parent or guardian
Curriculum may be structured or not
Approximately 1.5 million home school children in the US (3%) in 2007 with a growth from 800,000 in 1999 and from 300,000 in 1991
Generally, home school families compared to public school families have the same income level, higher education levels, likely to live in a rural area, have two parents and bigger families.
The reasons for home schooling are a concern about the school environment, a desire to provide religious and/or moral instruction and a dissatisfaction with instruction at other schools.
According to this study of over 1000 students over four years:
ACT scores of homeschool were 1.5 points higher with Math ACT scores the same, but English ACT and Reading scores 3 points higher than public school students.
The first fall 91% of homeschool students completed their schedule with a GPA of 3.37 compared to 87% of public school students completing their schedule with a 3.07 GPA.
The four year graduation rates and GPAs were home school 66.7% with a 3.46 GPA and public school 58.6% with a 3.16 GPA.
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