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Home School AchievementPage 19990807060504030201015087Achievement Test Subject AreasAverage National Percentile Rank*Footnote: (Ray 1997) Data collected for standardized academicachievement tests for the 199495 academic year.*For more detail about the nonequalinterval nature of a simplepercentile scale which has distortion especially near the ends of thescale see the complete study by Brian D. Ray Strengths of Their OwnHome Schoolers Across America:Academic Achievement FamilyCharacteristics and Longitudinal Traits 1997 Salem OR: National HomeEducation Research Institute www.nheri.org.5085508050825084508550815085 5087Total ReadingTotal ListeningTotal LanguageTotal MathScienceSocial StudiesStudySkillsBasicBatteryCompleteBatt eryWhy are so many parents choosing to home school? Because it works.Home SchoolingAchievementFigure 1.0 How Do Home School Students Score?Home School K12National Average ScoresPublic School K12National Average ScoresA 1997 study by Dr. Brian Ray of the National HomeEducation Research Institute (NHERI) found that home educated students excelled on nationallynormed standardizedachievement exams. On average home schoolers outperformedtheir public school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across allsubjects (Figure 1.0).Page 2999080706050403020101Basic Battery Average National Percentile Rank*Footnotes: (Ray 1997) *For more detail about the nonequalinterval nature of a simple percentile scale which hasdistortion especially near the ends of the scale see Ray 1997.**Basic battery achievement test scores not available forpublic school students.***Public school data are for 8thgrade writing scores and13yearolds math scores based on tables from the U.S.Department of Education Office of Educational Research &Improvement National Center for Education Statistics (1996November). National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)trends in academic progress trends report and appendices].Washington DC: U.S. Department of Education.Home school data are for ...

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