Children were equally likely to be homeschooled in the elementary, middle, and high school grades¶
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q1 i? Children were equally likely to be homeschooled in the elementary, middle, and high school grades. → Eric Isenberg 2016
Evidence¶
Eric Isenberg 2016¶
Eric Isenberg. (2016). Using Survey Data Sets to Study Homeschooling. The Wiley Handbook of Home Education, edited by Milton Gaither. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/using-survey-data-sets-to-study-homeschooling
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The chapter's key findings state that "Children were equally likely to be homeschooled in the elementary, middle, and high school grades." No supporting statistic, test, or effect size is printed in the supplied text.
"Children were equally likely to be homeschooled in the elementary, middle, and high school grades."
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Related Claims¶
- Online charter schools place significant expectations on parents, with 43, 56, and 78 percent at high school, middle, and elementary levels expecting active parental participation in instruction — related
- NHES-based estimates of homeschooling grew from 1.4% of U.S. schoolchildren in 1996 to 3.4% (about 1,773,000 children) in 2012 — related
- Quantitative research on homeschooling covers available data sources, estimates of homeschooled children, part-time homeschooling, and families' reasons for homeschooling — a broader claim this one bears on
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Children were equally likely to be homeschooled in the elementary, middle, and high school grades |
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Children were equally likely to be homeschooled in the elementary, middle, and high school grades |
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