Snyder (2013) - Academic Achievement of Homeschooled Versus Traditionally Schooled Students

Snyder, Mark. 2013. “An Evaluative Study of the Academic Achievement of Homeschooled Students Versus Traditionally Schooled Students Attending a Catholic University.” Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice 16:288-308. http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/ce/vol16/iss2/7

Design Method

 * Evaluation (Davidson 2005) - determine quality of something; used Key Evaluation Checklist (Scriven 2003)
 * Judge academic aptitude with... (goal-free evaluation to focus on what students are doing - not what they should be doing)
 * SAT/ACT
 * College GPA
 * Major GPA
 * Core GPA

Results

 * Homeschooled students have statistically sig. higher ACT/SAT scores and college GPAs compared to public and Catholic-schooled students (but no difference in major GPA) - so homeschooled students are prepared for collee
 * ME: But selective sample of homeschooled students deciding to go to college
 * Next need to focus research on social preparation for college

Look Up

 * Studies finding no difference b/t homeschooled and traditionally schooled students
 * Gray 1998- Gray, D. (1998). A study of the academic achievements of homeschooled students who have matriculated into post-secondary institutions (doctoral dissertation). University of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL.
 * Jones & Gloeckner 2004a - Jones, P., & Gloeckner, G. (2004a). First-year college performance: A study of home school graduates and traditional school graduates. The Journal of College Admission, 183, 17-20
 * Sorey & Duggan 2008 - Sorey, K., & Duggan, M. (2008). Homeschoolers entering community colleges: Perceptions of admission officers. Journal of College Admission, 200, 22-28.