Talented tenth

[richard duncan]

The study was published by:

National Home Education Research Institute
P.O.Box 13939
Salem, OR 97309

(503) 364-1490
http://www.nheri.org


> Rick,
>
> For those of us unfamiliar with the NHERI, would you be able to offer
> suggestions for trying to locate this study?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> -David Cruz, USC Law (Cal.)
>
>
> On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, richard duncan wrote:
>
> > In case you haven't heard about it, there is a very interesting study
> > recently reported by the National Home Education Research Institute.
> >
> > The study found that, on average, home school students outperform
> > public school students by a *30-37* percentile differential across all
> > subjects. Interestingly, the study found that the gap between
> > achievement of minority and non-minority students was much less in home
> > schools than in public schools. For example, there was *no difference*
> > in home school reading scores between minority and non-minority
> > students (compared to a 12-percentile differential in public schools).
> > Interestingly, minority students in home schools outperformed
> > non-minority students in public schools by a remarkable 26-percentile
> > differential (87 to 61).
> >
> > The study found that 1.23 million children are being educated at home
> > (this exceeds the public school enrollment for New Jersey which has
> > the 10th largest student population in the nation).
> >
> > Now, of course, home school students are, on average, a very select
> > group of kids with parents who are highly supportive of education. So
> > it is not surprising that the results are very good. But the size of
> > the differential is very significant. This study is worth getting.
> > --
> >                    ----------
> >              Rick Duncan (rduncan at unlinfo.unl.edu)
> >
> > "You can observe a lot by just watching." Yogi Berra
> >
>


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             Rick Duncan (rduncan at unlinfo.unl.edu)

"You can observe a lot by just watching." Yogi Berra