Homeschoolers have assumed the responsibility for this decision for years:
The requirements for a diploma have varied over time. What has not changed, however, is the public need to feel confident that graduation from high school represents a real achievement.
But what that achievement encompasses and when students are ready to graduate remain contentious questions. Does graduation [...]
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In Dr. Brian Ray’s discussion, of the West “Harms” article he writes:
To set the stage for this discussion, a very brief summary of research on home education is important.
Repeated studies by many researchers and data provided by United States state departments of education show that home-educated students consistently score, on average, well above the public [...]
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Dr. Yvonne Fournier answering questions from a homeschooling family which moved to a testing state. Some highlights about the inherent tension between homeschooling and achievement tests:
Hassle-Free Homework: Achievement Tests Contribute To America’s Decline
By Dr. Yvonne Fournier,
U.S. School System Discourages Divergent, Creative Thinkers
In a world that begs for divergent thinkers (people who can think “outside the [...]
Standards – Not So Incontrovertible After All
Another Education Week piece is by Alfie Kohn, who makes some core points against standards which homeschoolers should be able to identify with.
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Debunking the Case for National Standards
By Alfie Kohn
I keep thinking it can’t get much worse, and then it does. Throughout the 1990s, one state after another adopted prescriptive education standards enforced by frequent [...]
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