Study Finds Home Schoolers Are Top Achievers on Tests

By Lynn Schnaiberg

Students schooled at home score higher on standardized tests than their public and private school peers in every subject and at every grade level, according to a report that is being billed as the largest study of its kind.

But home schoolers also tend to come from families with higher incomes and education levels than the average American student, says the report released last week.

Underwritten by a $35,000 grant from the Purcellville, Va.-based Home School Legal Defense Association, the study is based on 20,760 home-schooled...