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Texas Home School
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Question:
How would I find out if a homeschool diploma from a home school in Texas
would be honored by colleges, etc.
My step daughter is attending what sounds like a "shady deal" in Texas and
I would like to know that she is being properly educated.
Answer:
- In Texas, homeschooling has the same legal standing as any private school
according to a Texas Supreme Court decision. If your step daughter were
attending a government school then you would have more reason to be concerned
if she were being "properly educated". In states, unlike Texas, where
standardized tests are required, home educated students on average always do
far better than government schooled students.
As far as admission to a college, as with other private schools, it depends
upon the college. Major universities such as the University of Texas, Texas
Tech, and the University of Houston admit homeschooled students. In the case
of the University of Houston, where I have checked, admission is a little more
difficult because they admit based on class standing and standardized test
results. They told me that they automatically assign home educated students
to the lowest quarter for class standing so they have to have the highest ACT
or SAT test scores for regular admission.
A homeschool father has compiled a list of 100's of colleges known to accept
homeschool students. The information can be found at:
http://pages.prodigy.com/S/C/D/School_is_dead/Learn_in_freedom.html
By the way, we home educate our 14 and 16 year old sons in Texas.
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