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The Academic Success Of Homeschooled Students In A South Carolina Technical College, Jack N. Bagwell Jr
The Academic Success Of Homeschooled Students In A South Carolina Technical College, Jack N. Bagwell Jr
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
In 2010, homeschooling was increasing in prevalence in the United States. Yet, little was known about the academic achievement of these students as they matriculated into colleges and universities. The purpose of this mixed methods sequential explanatory study was to examine the academic success achieved by the homeschooled population (N=273) and a sample of the traditionally educated students (N=273) who had enrolled in credit courses between the years of 2001 and 2008 at York Technical College, a comprehensive community college in South Carolina. In the quantitative phase of the study, academic success measures included COMPASS placement scores in writing, pre-algebra, …