Does Parent Education Level Predict Student Achievement?
A parent’s education background has no substantive effect on their children’s home school academic performance, according to this study. Home educated students’ test scores remain between the 80th and 90th percentiles, whether their mothers have a college degree or did not complete high school (Figure 5.1). For public school students, however, a parent’s education level does affect their children’s performance (Figures 5.2 & 5.3). In eighth grade math, public school students whose parents are college graduates score at the 63rd percentile, whereas students whose parents have less than a high school diploma score at the 28th percentile. Remarkably, students taught at home by mothers who never finished high school score a full 55 percentile points higher than public school students from families of comparable educational backgrounds. How Do Minorities Fare in Home Education? Does race make a difference in academic performance? Math and reading scores for minority home schoolers show no s
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