Demographics In Texas

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What is the Demographic Make-up of Home-Schooled Students in Texas? Jimmy L. Dillon Wayland Baptist University EDUC 5302 July 19, 2012 Abstract This study was conducted to try to determine what the overall demographics and make-up is of home-schooled students in Texas. The home-school phenomenon has proved to be a viable education option for parents who do not want to send their children to a public or private school. The reasons for wanting to home-school vary from parent-to-parent. Studies abound in comparing home-schooled student’s achievement to public school students with the general result that home-school students score higher on achievement test than public school students. Home-schooled consistently scored in the 82nd to…show more content…
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I am a graduate student at Wayland Baptist University as well as a local pastor of a church in Wichita Falls, Texas. I am conducting a research proposal as part of my M. Ed. in the area of home-schooling. The topic of my research is trying to gather data on the demographics of home schooled students in Texas and I am asking your help in trying to obtain this data. What I would ask is that you email your home schooled families the link to a survey that they can fill out on-line or a paper copy that I will provide. The survey doesn’t ask any personal identifiable information only generic. Any help you could give me would be greatly
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