Are homeschooled students good students?

Homeschooling outcomes: How do they compare?
Homeschooling has received high marks…when parents provided structured lessons.

Are homeschooled students good students? When the topic comes up in conversation, people often cite studies showing that homeschoolers score higher on standardized tests.

For instance, Eric Rudner analyzed the test scores of over 20,000 American homeschooled students and found them to be “exceptionally high—the median scores were typically in the 70th to 80th percentile” (Rudner 1999).

That’s impressive, but we have to keep in mind: This wasn’t a random cross-section of homeschoolers. Participants were recruited from a special subset of the homeschooling population — families who subscribed...
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