Editing Homeschooling (section)

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A study conducted by Ray in 2010 indicates that the higher the level of parents' income, the more likely the homeschooled child is able to achieve academic success, which is in alignment with the correlation between income and achievement for students at conventional schools.<ref>Ray, Brian. (2010). Academic achievement and demographic traits of homeschool students: a nationwide study. ''Academic Leadership Live: The Online Journal'', 8(1).</ref> In one study of families with parents who had an average of 13 years of schooling, homeschooling was correlated with lower test scores, which was attributed to the relatively lower educational status of the parents in the sample group; meanwhile, in studies with highly educated parents, homeschooling for longer periods of time, on average, had no effect, positive or negative.<ref name=":4" /> A study which collected all homeschooling outcomes in Alaska (a state where homeschooling is extremely popular due to government financial incentives and support) found that low income students, students of color, and students with disabilities gained the most advantages when being homeschooled, while those from white, well-off families scored overall worse than their public school peers, and suffered the greatest disadvantage in math. This is notable as being the only study of homeschooling outcomes with a complete data set of all known homeschool children in a given population, which does not rely on volunteered information. However, the existence of a financial incentive to homeschool in Alaska does raise questions about the applicability of the results to other areas which do not have these programs in place.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CRHE |date=2020-08-25 |title=Advocacy Group Releases Groundbreaking Study on Homeschooling Outcomes |url=https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/advocacy-group-releases-groundbreaking-study-on-homeschooling-outcomes/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Coalition for Responsible Home Education |language=en-US}}</ref>