1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007. Issue Brief

摘要

Since 1999, the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), conducted by the U.S. Department of Educations National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences, has collected nationally representative data that can be used to estimate the number of homeschooled students in the United States. This Issue Brief provides estimates of the number and percentage of homeschooled students in the United States in 2007 and compares these estimates to those from 1999 and 2003. In addition, parents reasons for homeschooling their children are presented. Estimates of homeschooling in 2007 are based on data from the Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey (PFI) of the 2007 NHES.