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Direct linkAnderson, Brandy; Amesse, Karen – American Journal of Distance Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to establish historical enrollment trends, student demographics, and home-based pedagogies of nonclassroom-based schools in California in an effort to gain insights into lesser-known homeschooling practices. According to the United States Department of Education, in 2016, homeschooling had progressively increased to…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Charter Schools, Home Study, Home Programs
Download full textBarrat, Vanessa X.; Berliner, BethAnn – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2009
This document presents a summary of a larger report that examines California's independent study high schools (alternative schools in which 75 percent or more of students in grades 9-12 are enrolled in full-time independent study). The larger study describes enrollment trends since 2001-02 and the number and characteristics of schools and students…
Descriptors: High Schools, Independent Study, Teacher Qualifications, Accountability
Barrat, Vanessa X.; Berliner, BethAnn – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2009
This examination of California's independent study high schools (alternative schools in which 75 percent or more of students in grades 9-12 are enrolled in full-time independent study) describes enrollment trends since 2001-02 and the number and characteristics of schools and students as well as teacher qualifications in 2006-07. The study used…
Descriptors: High Schools, Independent Study, Teacher Qualifications, Accountability
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1981
In response to legislative mandate, a study was undertaken to determine the effects of new independent study legislation on California's community colleges. All colleges that participated in Coordinated Instruction System (CIS) or Independent Study (IS) programs were asked to provide financial information for the period July 1, 1979 to June 30,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Audiovisual Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
