To: Land Shark who wrote (54172 ) 6/18/2014 2:08:41 AM From: Bilow Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86355 Hi Land Shark; Re: "LOL too funny. Home schooling is, for the most part, done by religious parents who don't want their children exposed to heathen non believers and want to teach their kids creation "science" instead of real science. "; Home schoolers regularly beat the absolute crap out of the public schools. I know this because I teach them:Homeschooled students on average achieved a higher ACT composite score (26.5), earned more college credit as incoming freshmen, had a higher one-year cumulative GPA (3.41), had a higher four-year cumulative GPA (3.46) , performed at the same level with regards to fall-to-fall retention rate, and had a higher four-year graduation rate (66.7%) and overall retention rate (88.6%) when compared to traditionally schooled students (O’Shaughnessy, 2010). files.eric.ed.gov Baylor University: Of those home school students retaining SAT scores, the mean score was 1320 compared to 1205 for the overall first-time freshmen population. Home school students took a slightly higher credit hour load during their first semester compared to the entire first-time freshmen population. The home school group also had a higher cumulative GPA at the end of their first year.baylor.edu -- CarlTotal number of home schooled students in the US: 1,508,000 Average academic percentile: 77th Average reading percentile: 79th Average math percentile: 73rd Average SAT score: 1083 Average ACT score: 22.6 Top reasons: Better education at home: 48.9% Religious or moral: 38.4% Dissatisfaction with public schools: 25.6% Family reasons: 16.8% Character or morality: 16.1% Object to what school teaches: 12.1% School doesn't challenge child: 11.6% Other problems with school: 9.0% Special needs or disability: 8.2% statisticbrain.com