National Home Education Research Institute

NHERI Research

Quick Links to Research Findings:

Facts on Homeschooling – Most Current FREE to print out from Web Site!

Bibliography of Research: Selected Key International References -- Updated September 2008

General Research Fact Sheet FREE to print out from Web Site!

Homeschooling Across America: Academic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics

Fact Sheet I FREE to print out from Web Site!
Fact Sheet IIb FREE to print out from Web Site!
Fact Sheet IIIb FREE to print out from Web Site!
Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling – almanac-like book packed with topics such as why families homeschool, statistics, charts, history, current trends, academic achievement, socialization, and much more; annually updated
Home Educated and Now Adults – study on adults who were homeschooled, full of fascinating findings
Strengths of Their Own – most in-depth nationwide study of homeschool families and students
Homeschooling on the Threshold - booklet that summarizes research; see description below

Home Schooling on the Threshold:
A Survey of Research at the Dawn of the New Millennium
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D.

A Focused, Short Summary of Homeschool Research – The only one of its kind!
Full Color throughout, 24 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 inches

(for a more comprehensive treatment of homeschool research and other many other topics related to homeschooling, be sure to see Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling above)

This is the best brief single tool available to:

Educate the Public and the Media
Talk with Critics
Educate Legislators
Gratify Grandparents
Teach Courts and Judges
Give a Brief Introduction on Homeschooling to Researchers
Inform Parents

Why is "On The Threshold" the best brief single tool available for these purposes?

It answers all the most common questions asked by critics, the media, legislators, and parents, such as:

What about socialization?

Are the students learning their 3R’s and more? (i.e., academic achievement)

Are the homeschooled successful as adults?

What are the basic demographic traits of homeschool families?

What is the history of homeschooling?

Why do people homeschool?

Provides findings of wide-ranging research on many topics -- in addition to academic achievement -- by many qualified researchers from the United States and internationally. Includes individual studies such as Ray’s 1997 nationwide study, Rudner’s 1999 nationwide study, and state-specific studies.

Includes potent and attractive charts (e.g., homeschool growth, comparing achievement of the home educated to the public schooled).

Photographs of children and families personalize this fact- and research-based publication.

Writing style understandable to the layman.

Extensive citations to document the facts provided and claims made and to lead the reader to follow-up investigation.

Compiled and written by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D., the nation’s leading expert on homeschool research and president of the National Home Education Research Institute.

Format: 8-1/2 x 11 inches, full-color, 24 pages, and professional high-quality graphics.

(Contact NHERI for attractive larger bulk order rates)
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