Academic achievement of homeschoolers
Are home educated students doing well academically? As a group, they certainly
are. The articles below describe the academic successes
of some individual homeschoolers and/or provide a comparison, in terms of
academic achievement, between the homeschool population and the population
of students attending school.
In fact, many families choose to homeschool for the very reason that they
have concerns about the academic level their children can achieve in a school.
For some, the concern is about adequate stimulation of a bright or gifted
child, for others it is on the contrary the concern that their child might
struggle to keep pace with the bulk of the class and, if falling through the
cracks, might not reach their full potential.
The academic excellence that home education can provide is no doubt due in
part to the fact that it allows homeschooling families to tailor all aspects
of education to each individual child's abilities, interests and needs.
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A look at the results of standardized tests indicates that children taught
at home by their parents perform at a higher level on such tests than their
contemporaries who enjoy the benefits of traditional public schooling.
An article in the UK paper, Sunday Times Review, April 20, 2003 ~ Amazing
what you learn in a kitchen. Home-educated children, far from being in the
academic slow lane, are showing their paces when they hit higher education,
reports Beatrice Newlsy.
An article from Wilfrid Laurier's website, December 19, 2002 ~ A homeschooled
student wins a National Scholarship and is attending Wilfrid Laurier University
in Waterloo.
An article from Stanford Magazine, November/December 2000 ~ In A Class By
Themselves: A wave of homeschoolers has reached the Farm--students with unconventional
training and few formal credentials. What have they got that Stanford wants?
And how do admission officers spot it?
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