Homeschooling research compared with research on charter schools, voucher programs, and private schools¶

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Description¶

The article organizes homeschooling research by placing it alongside the research literatures on other school-choice sectors. Its abstract states: "The author compares research on homeschooling to research on charter schools, voucher programs, and private schools." This comparative framing treats homeschooling as one member of the broader school-choice family and uses the methods and findings of those adjacent literatures as a reference point for what quantitative homeschooling research has and has not established.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Requires treating homeschooling, charter schools, voucher programs, and private schools as comparable research domains

Constraints¶

• The available text states the comparison only at the level of research literatures, not of findings

Target Learners¶

• Homeschooled children

Target Learning Objectives¶

• Understanding the state of evidence on homeschooling as an educational arrangement

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Market-competition theory of voucher systemic effects, modified by financial hold-harmless design

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Key Sources¶

• Eric J. Isenberg. (2007). What Have We Learned About Homeschooling? Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 82, no. 2-3. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/what-have-we-learned-about-homeschooling