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Experimental Evidence from a National Sample  \nAngela R. Watson,  \nand Matthew H. Lee 1  \nPEPG 25-10  \nThis paper was presented at the School Choice Tradeoffs and Evidence-Based Policy Making conference held at the Harvad Kennedy School, May 8-9, 2025  \nHarvard Kennedy School  \n79 JFK Street, Taubman 220  \nCambridge, MA 02138  \nTel: 617-495-7976 Fax: 617-496-4428  \n[www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/](www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/)  \n1 Watson: Johns Hopkins University; Lee: Kennesaw State University  \nWho Homeschools and What Does ‘Success’ Mean to Them? Experimental Evidence from  \na National Sample  \nAngela R. Watson  \nJohns Hopkins University  \n[Awatso43@jhu.edu](Awatso43@jhu.edu)  \nMatthew H. Lee  \nKennesaw State University  \nAbstract:  \nThe U.S. homeschool population is of similar magnitude to the private and charter sectors. It is also growing and diversifying, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recent growth, little is known about parents who choose to homeschool their children today. Even less is known about why parents choose this type of education. Parental attitudes and perspectives of student “success” will likely drive their educational choices, whether residentially assigned district public schools, alternative public schools, private schools, or homeschooling. However, little research has examined the importance of these attitudes on choice. In this study, we conducted a survey experiment of parent perspectives on student success, focusing on the homeschooling population. We use a fully randomized stated preferences experiment known as a conjoint experiment embedded in a nationally representative survey to evaluate these perspectives across five components, including standardized test scores, college matriculation, civic outcomes, academic skills, and religiosity. We also collect parental characteristic information, facilitating a comparison of today’s homeschooling parents and their other education sector peers. We find that homeschool parents look much like their other educationsector peers on various characteristics. We also find that homeschool parents value academic outcomes similarly to their non-homeschooling peers. This study adds to the existing knowledge with some of the only post-pandemic homeschool demographic data currently available and uses the most rigorous methods in homeschool research to date.  \nKeywords: School choice, public school choice, private school choice, homeschooling, randomized controlled trial  \nWho Homeschools and What Does ‘Success’ Mean to Them: Experimental Evidence from a  \nNational Sample  \nParental attitudes and perspectives of student “success” will likely drive their educational choices, whether residentially assigned district public schools, alternative public schools, private schools, or homeschooling. However, little research has examined the importance of these attitudes on choice, particularly in the homeschool population. In this study, we conducted a survey experiment of parent perspectives on student success. We use a fully randomized stated preferences experiment known as a conjoint experiment to evaluate these perspectives across five components, including standardized test scores, college matriculation, civic outcomes, academic skills, and religiosity. We compare homeschool parent perspectives to those of their non-homeschooling peers.  \nThis study is significant for several reasons. First, nationally representative data on homeschooled families is limited. This sample provides new and timely information on today’s homeschool population demographics, several years after the pandemic, and when the future of other federal data sources, which make up the bulk of what is known about this group, is unclear. The value of these data is clear because of the limited information available on homeschooling and our limited understanding of this popu","cbCaieKQKXt5N680","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieKQKXt5N680","pdf",348865,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Review of Literature\n## Homeschooling trends in the U.S.","[{\"question\":\"What is the main research question of the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper examines who chooses homeschooling and what parents mean by “success,” and whether those perspectives differ from parents in other education sectors.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study evaluate parental views on student success?\",\"answer\":\"It uses a fully randomized stated-preferences experiment, specifically a conjoint experiment embedded in a nationally representative survey.\"},{\"question\":\"Which success components do parents care about most, according to the findings?\",\"answer\":\"Parents most strongly value standardized test scores, college matriculation, and civic outcomes, while academic skills and religiosity also matter.\"}]","Who Homeschools and What Does ‘Success’ Mean to Them? - Experimental Evidence from a National Sample | PDF",1792060650]