A number of factors play a part in a homeschooler’s and unschooler’s academic success.
Ray (2000) looked at five factors including: father’s education level, mother’s education level,
years taught at home, student’s gender, and the number of frequent visits to the public library. He
found that each school subject correlated with different variables that allocated academic success
in that specific area. For example, the father’s education level, number of years the student was
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taught at home, and number of public library visits were positively correlated with reading
scores. Father’s and mother’s education level, gender of the student (females scored higher), and
number of years the student was homeschooled was positively correlated with language scores.
Lastly, father’s and mother’s education level and the student’s gender (boys scored higher) were
positively related to math scores