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Download full textRudner, Lawrence M. – 1999
This digest highlights some of the findings of the largest study of home schooling conducted to date (L. Rudner, 1999). For this study, 20,760 students in 11,930 families provided useable questionnaires and corresponding achievement test data. Home schooling parents had more formal education than parents in the general population, and many had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics, Home Schooling
Peer reviewedRudner, Lawrence M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1999
This report presents the results of the largest survey and testing program for students in home schools to date. In Spring 1998, 20,760 K-12 home school students in 11,930 families were administered either the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) or the Tests of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP), depending on their current grade. The parents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum
