The article discusses salient factors that influence the current context within which homeschooling occurs. Individual states have applied various approaches to establish regulations that both preserve the rights of homeschooling parents and fulfill the state's obligation to ensure that its residents receive the education to which they are constitutionally entitled. Case and ethnographic studies or research involving small and selected samples often appear in outlets associated with homeschool advocacy groups or in outlets that are not mainstream. The paucity of empirical evidence derived from methodologically strong research paradigms has led to little certainty about many aspects of homeschooling, including its effectiveness in preparing an educated citizenry. From state to state, the understanding and definition of homeschooling vary widely, leading to equally wide variations in regulatory practices. The article documents and summarizes state-to-state variations in matters pertaining to homeschooling and offers recommendations to help school psychologists work more effectively with students who are educated at home. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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家庭教育的背景和法规：问题，证据和评估方法。

本文讨论了影响家庭学习发生的当前环境的显着因素。各个州已采用各种方法来建立法规，既可以保留在家上学的父母的权利，又可以履行州确保其居民接受宪法规定的教育的义务。个案和人种学研究或涉及少量精选样本的研究通常出现在与家庭学校倡导团体有关的媒体中或非主流的媒体中。缺乏方法论上强大的研究范式的经验证据，导致人们对家庭学校教育的许多方面缺乏确定性，包括其在准备受过良好教育的公民方面的有效性。各州对家庭学校教育的理解和定义相差很大，导致监管惯例的差异也很大。这篇文章记录并总结了与家庭学校有关的各州之间的差异，并提出了一些建议，以帮助学校心理学家更有效地与在家接受教育的学生一起工作。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。