Home School Facts
ICHE encourages you to learn the Facts when it comes to homeschooling. We realize there are a multitude of opinions about educational choices. While ICHE believes that homeschooling is a sound Biblical option, we do not want people to make that choice blindly. We believe that parents need to do their homework, too! Having the right information will not only help parents to make wise choices, but it will also help dispel many of the myths and stereotypes that remain prevalent in our modern culture. Here are some great facts to get you started:
FACT
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http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009030
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The U.S. Department of Education estimated at least 1.5 Million children were being homeschooled in 2009, but independent scholars believe the number is probably around 2 Million.
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Most parents who choose to homeschool continue to pay taxes that support public education. It is estimated that this saved U.S. taxpayers approximately $16 Billion in 2009. |
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FACTStudies conducted in both the United States and Canada allow you to compare home school students’ performance on standardized testing compared to conventional schools (which include both public and private):
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 Source: http://www.nheri.org/content/view/174/62/ |
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While statistical studies of homeschool student performance are still relatively new, they are consistently showing superior performance on traditional measures of academic performance. One recent example showed that homeschool students now enrolled in college had statistically higher ACT scores, Grade Point Averages, and graduation rates. |
Source: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ893891.pdf |
Illinois Christian Home Educators encourages you to do your own research about homeschool performance. We believe a well-informed parent is the homeschooler’s best advocate. Here are more links to get you started:
National Home Education Research Institute
www.nheri.org
Education Resources Information Center
www.eric.ed.gov
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009030
Homeschooling Research & Scholarship at Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~homeeduc/index.html
