Empress Bee...thank you for your feedback on my article about homeschooling. I took another look at it because I don't want it to project a biased against homeschooling feel. I really just wanted to provide the information I found and discuss any possible confounding variables which is common practice when reviewing research studies.
I have read in homeschool literature that standardized tests are not monitored for all homeschooled students and it varies in each state. As far as the social skills scales, rating scales in general are subjective by nature. It also is hard to rate social skills/peer interaction if a parent does not have the opportunity to observe these interactions and this can be true for homeschooled and non-homeschooled students. I added this into the article for clarification. I was speaking to the subjectiveness of ratings scales and was not implying that homeschooled students don't have opportunities with peers. I have done a lot of reading on the topic and know there are a lot of social opportunities for homeschooled students.
Thank you for brining up these points and helping me consider how I could make the article better.
Actually just added info to my article about the college level comparison. Thank you!
