National Home Education Research Institute

http://www.nheri.org/

The National Home Education Research Institute's mission is to:

• Produce high-quality homeschool research (e.g., statistics, facts, findings on home-based education or homeschooling).
• Serve as a clearinghouse of research for the public, researchers, homeschoolers, the media, and policy makers.
• Educate the public concerning the findings of all research on home education (i.e., homeschooling).

Whether called homeschooling, home schooling, home-based education, home education, home-schooling, unschooling, deschooling, or a form of alternative education...
NHERI, a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization, also makes available for public purchase many print, audio, and video productions ranging from basic bottom-line fact sheets about homeschooling to more technically sophisticated academic reports

Quick Links to Research Findings:

Facts on Homeschooling – Most Current FREE to print out from Web Site!

2.04 Million Homeschool Students in the United States in 2010 FREE to print out from Web Site!

Bibliography of Research: Selected Key International References -- Updated September 2008

General Research Fact Sheet FREE to print out from Web Site!

Homeschooling Across America: Academic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics

Fact Sheet I FREE to print out from Web Site! Fact Sheet IIb FREE to print out from Web Site! Fact Sheet IIIb FREE to print out from Web Site! Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling – almanac-like book packed with topics such as why families homeschool, statistics, charts, history, current trends, academic achievement, socialization, and much more; annually updated Home Educated and Now Adults – study on adults who were homeschooled, full of fascinating findingsStrengths of Their Own – most in-depth nationwide study of homeschool families and students Homeschooling on the Threshold - booklet that summarizes research; see description below