Saturday, August 11, 2007

Article: Are you smarter than a homeschooler? Probably not! Group's composite ACT scores beat average again

Are you smarter than a homeschooler?
Probably not! Group's composite ACT scores beat average again
Posted: August 8, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern


© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

For a decade now, the composite score on the ACT college entrance exam for homeschooled students has been higher than the national average – and the 2006 statistics, the most recent available, show the trend continuing, according to a report.

The Home School Legal Defense Association said the 2006 scores for homeschooled students averaged 22.4, compared to the national average composite of 21.1.

A year earlier, the average for homeschoolers was 22.5, compared to the national average that includes public and private school students of 20.9.

"Now homeschoolers have an unbroken record for the last 10 years – since 1996, when testing officials started tracking them – of scoring higher on the ACT than the national average," the world's premiere home-school advocacy group said.

Read more at the link below.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57055

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