Context and regulation of homeschooling: Issues, evidence, and assessment practices

review of US state regulatory regimes and the associated research literature

US home-schooling, state by state

Descriptive legal/regulatory review with commentary on the research base, published in School Psychology.

State-to-state variation in the definition and regulation of home-schooling is wide enough that "home-schooled" does not denote the same exposure across states — some require standardized testing and portfolio review, others require no notification at all. Carlson notes that the empirical literature is dominated by "case and ethnographic studies or research involving small and selected samples" appearing in advocacy-affiliated or non-mainstream outlets, and that "the paucity of empirical evidence derived from methodologically strong research paradigms has led to little certainty about many aspects of homeschooling."

Not applicable; the source is used for the regulatory-variation fact and for an independent assessment of the literature's quality.

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