An Overview of Research on Homeschool Students’ Academic Achievement and Test Scores: And How to Think About Claims by Authors Such as Bartholet, Coalition for Responsible Home Education (CRHE), Dwyer & Peters, and Kunzman & Gaither

by | Mar 10, 2026 | NHERI News, Research

Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. Douglas Pietersma, Ed.D. National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI) March 10, 2026 Copyright © National Home Education Research Institute Download PDF Summary – Homeschool Academic Achievement: Key Facts and Points to Discuss Big...

Homeschooling Success in Adulthood Fact Sheet

by | Nov 14, 2025 | NHERI News

What Research Says About Homeschooling and Success, or not, in Adulthood The key findings are as follow: 50% of peer-reviewed studies on success into adulthood (including college) show adults who were home educated succeed and perform statistically significantly...

Homeschooling Socialization Fact Sheet

by | Nov 14, 2025 | NHERI News

What the Research Says About Homeschooling and the Socialization of Children The key findings are as follow: Research findings on homeschooling show that the home-educated are doing well, typically above average, on measures of social, emotional, and psychological...

Homeschool Academic Achievement Fact Sheet

by | Nov 14, 2025 | NHERI News

What Research Says About Homeschooling and Academic Achievement Learner Outcomes Key Points: 63% of peer-reviewed studies on academic achievement show homeschool students perform statistically significantly better than those in institutional schools (Ray, 2017, 2023)....

Homeschool Child Abuse and Neglect Fact Sheet

by | Nov 13, 2025 | NHERI News

Public School, Private School, and Homeschool Child Abuse, Neglect, and Fatalities Key Points 10% to 12% of public and private school children are victims of educator sexual misconduct during grades K-12.[1] This would suggest about 5,460,000 of school-age children in...