Your ignorance of homeschoolers and homeschooling is staggering.
I have yet to meet ANY homeschoolers who are wealthier than average. And I have not found homeschoolers to be any more or less intelligent than public/private school parents.
Homeschoolers are just your average, run of the mill people who want better for their kids than the public indoctrination system pumps out.
Your problem, as with all who dismiss the standardized test results, is that you are using it for the wrong purpose. You are using it as a measure of the intelligence of the child, as opposed to a measure of the success of the schooling method.
Homeschooling works for a lot more reasons than simply inherent intelligence.
You can try to dismiss and excuse away the results of the standardized tests, but they are what they are and show that homeschooling works.
I think you have a point; it’s not the most wealthy who are most highly represented in that set. Money means nothing without being spent wisely. Still for those with an empirical bent, such stats would be helpful so that for those having the object, there is a candid credible answer. Does the HSLDA keep track of such things?
argh... object => objection.
I give disclaimer myself, I was a public school kid as far as grade and secondary was concerned. However my background was exceptional. I have, I believe, a gifted (but not genius) IQ. My mother took pride in my literacy achievements and I was spelling and reading at a grade advanced level before I was in first grade. So one might say I was home preschooled, but without formal lessons.
Oh, I have. I sometimes go to events at other families' homes and think, "Wow, how the other half lives!"
But it doesn't bother me, because I've cleaned some of those houses, and it's just too much work.
All this stat means is that home schooled kids likely have involved, intelligent parents who are likely wealthier and smarter than the average parents.
Your ignorance of homeschoolers and homeschooling is staggering.
——————————————————————————————Great post. Thank you for saving me the time to respond to this poster. You nailed it.
“I have not found homeschoolers to be any more or less intelligent than public/private school parents.”
I think you’ll find a significantly higher proportion of intact families amongst homeschoolers. You’ll also find a higher proportion with some college. I can’t quote the stat source at the moment.