There are more and more papers being published concerning home education and its benefits to children who have been home educated.
EO Research: EO members responded honestly and openly to the questionnaire on their children's home education experience, that was sent out with the newsletter in 2002, and we much appreciate their generosity in taking part. The results of the questionnaire have not been fully analysed, but we felt that these graphical displays of some of the raw data would be of interest. More light could be thrown on the results, and more information obtained from the questionnaires by, for example, making correlations with ages of children, number in family, ways & reasons for HE, location, etc. but this will take a great deal more work.
Paula Rothermel has undertaken much research on home education; articles and research can be seen on her website. Her PhD research (2002) leaflet showing the benefits of HE on numeracy, literacy and social skills is entitled 'Home-Education: Aims, Practices and Outcomes'.
Comparison of home- and school-educated children on PIPS baseline assessments. Paper by Paula Rothermel for University of Durham.
Evaluation and Research in Education Special Edition on Home Education - edited by David Galloway with guest editor Paula Rothermel.
Alan Thomas - Educating Children at Home - Final chapter of this major research project available to read here.
Homeschooling of Children with Disabilities by Lucy Reilly, Anne Chapman and Tom O'Donoghue - a case study approach looking at six Western Australian families. (This is a large pdf file and takes a while to download).
Homeschooling Grows Up - The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (of America) commissioned this research in 2003 from Dr Brian D Ray. It looks at the lives of adults who were home schooled.
Homeschooling Achievement - a quick snapshot of home school achievement for the media and for those considering this successful educational venture for their own children.
Homeschooling Works - 20,760 student achievement test scores and their family demographics make this the largest study of home education to date!
Results demonstrate that home schooled students are doing exceptionally well and provide an informative portrait of America’s modern home education movement. Conducted by Dr. Lawrence M. Rudner, Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation.
Home Education across the United States - produced by the Home School Legal Defense Association in 1997.
Trevena Whitbread Dissertation - an undergraduate dissertation from 2003 looking at college and university admission policies and attitudes to home educated children.
Schools of the Air - Not strictly home education, but a study done by Fowler in 1987 of the Australian School of the Air radio/correspondence schooling for isolated children.
Social Development or Socialisation - by Linda Kreger Silverman PhD.
Home Schooling Review - 2003, a study of home schooling in Queensland, Australia.
Socialisation: Homeschoolers are in the Real World - produced in 2002, again by the Home School Legal Defence Association (of America).
Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998 - An American study by Lawrence M Rudner.
An Investigation into the Teaching of Mathematics by Home Educators - MsC Dissertation by Yoraisha Yusof, herself home educated.
The Choices Families Make: Home Schooling in Canada Comes of Age - Report from the Fraser Institute on the success of home schooling.
Inclusion and Autism: Is it Working? - Whilst not strictly about home education, this report was produced by the National Autistic Society, and looks at the experiences of children with autism and asperger's syndrom in schools. It has been included here for the increasing number of parents who are considering home education for their autistic spectrum children due to inadequacies of provision at schools.
Home Schooling: A British Perspective - Paper by Dr Sean Gabb drawing together facts from a number of sources relating to home education in the United Kingdom, fully referenced. PDF version available.
LEAs Policy and Practice Regarding Home-Based Education - Research paper by Dr Steven Lowden from 1995. This is a large file in pdf format.
Home-based education effectiveness research - and some of its implications - Research paper by Roland Meighan in 1994, published by Education Now. Although the numbers used are now out of date, the rest of the research is still valid.
A Comparative Study of Perceptions held by State Officials and Home Educators in England and Wales and in Florida, USA. - A study of tensions between home educators and 'authority' by Sam Eddis.
What is Effective Pedagogy when Informally Educating Electively Home-Educated Children? - Case Study Research by Cassie Earl.
