by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Evidence, Issues
Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. June 1, 2020 Excerpt: Social science research (e.g., education research) almost never sees “the perfect study.” While teaching research methods at the university graduate and undergraduate levels across seven years, I explained to my...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Academics, Research
Brian Ray September 3, 2018 Excerpt: During the past five years or so, negative critics of homeschooling and of homeschool advocacy have claimed that research on homeschooling tells us almost nothing (e.g., about academic achievement or test scores). More recently,...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Research
Brian Ray March 15, 2023 Excerpt: First, [Ray and Shakeel] obtained a nationally representative sample. Second, they collected data from the adult sample that included the full year-by-year 13-year schooling history and demographics during both childhood and...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Academics, Research
Rodger Williams April 24, 2018 Updated November 4, 2023 Homeschool academic achievement — as measured by standardized tests — is normally distributed, just like public school academic achievement. Not only is the homeschool curve the same shape as the...
by Homeschooling Backgrounder | Research
Rodger Williams October 1, 2024 A recurring criticism of the nationwide studies on homeschool academic achievement — conducted by Dr. Brian Ray and the National Home Education Research Institute — is that participants were self-selected. That is, the data...
