Bruce K. Eagleson serves as
Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Lebanon Veterans Administration Medical
Center, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He received a B.S. in Cellular Biology from the
University of Michigan and did independent research in organic chemistry while
there, then earned his M.D. from Wayne State University. He did his internship
and residency in Family Practice at the M. S. Hershey Medical Center of the
Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Eagleson is board certified by the American
Academy of Family Practice and board certified by the American College of
Emergency Medicine, and is certified by the American College of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine in Occupational Medicine.
The relationship between the degree of state regulation of homeschooling (home education) and the college-admissions SAT scores of college-bound homeschool students was examined in this cross-sectional, descriptive study. States were categorized as either low-, moderate-, or high-regulation based on each state’s education law and policy. Separate analyses were conducted for those states in which the regulation category had been stable for 5 years and for 10 years. ANOVA was used to analyze the verbal, math, and total SAT scores of 6,170 home-educated students from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. No significant relationships were found between the degree of state regulation of homeschooling and students’ SAT scores. Policymakers and academic leaders could use these findings in their discussions of home-based education as a rising educational choice and in deciding whether the state should regulate homeschooling less or more.
