Updates

I added two new posts to the site to adress some questions. These are additions to the main part of the project

Q & A about Homeschooling

• How many kids are homeschooled?

This is a hard number to count, since not all districts or states require families to register as homeschoolers. Estimates place the numbers of people who homeschool in the U.S.  at 4,000,000 students. But there are most likely more, and the data from the 2010 census is not out yet. At least 100,000 students graduate from home schools each year.

• What do studies show about homeschoolers?

In national Average Percentile scores, composite numbers show that homeschoolers score on average 86%, 36% higher than the public school average of 50%.

• What about socialization?

Socialization is a personal choice. Even in public school, you are going to find that some kids don't feel socialized. But the majority of homeschoolers do have good socialization. They have a wide range of acquaintances and they can meet other peers through community programs like Scouts, 4H, Sports, and Co-ops. (Just like public school kids.) Take a look at articles like "Homeschooled Children: Social Butterflies or Social Misfits?" By Matt Weight (http://www.discovery.org/) or just google homeschool socialization.

News Article about Homeschool Test Scores

Here are some hard facts about homeschooler's national test scores. These statistics are all real. I decided to make this genre like a newspaper article, since educational acheivements are usually a big deal to the media.

THE HERALD

BREAKING NEWS!

Homeschoolers Score Higher on Test Scores

Homeschooling works! Homeschooled Children are more likely to score higher on the ACT than Public schoolers or even Private School attendees. Homeschooled Students average a 22.4 out of 36 as compared to the National average of 21.1. (HSLDA.org)

ACT Testing officials began to track homeschooler’s scores in 1996, and in every year, the homeschoolers have scored higher than the national average.

In fact, this is true for nearly all standard tests.

On the Iowa Basic Skills test the nationwide average for homeschoolers (k-12) is at the 77^th percentile. Which Means homeschoolers score better than 77% of other students who take the test.

A study by wheaton college showed that homeschoolers scored 58 points higher on their SAT scores than their public or private school peers.

Obviously, homeschooling achieves and overacheives the goal of educating children and bringing them up to college standards (as test results show, even better than public and private schools)!

Homeschooling is… beneficial. It’s a proven fact that home school students are as academically capable as public or private school students.