NCES plans to collect and report data about homeschoolers with future Parent and Family Involvement in Education Surveys (PFI), slated to occur on a 4-year cycle next scheduled for 2003 as part of the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES). Future Parent and Family Involvement in Education Surveys will provide a comprehensive set of information that may be used to estimate the number and characteristics of homeschoolers in the United States. Future areas of inquiry might also include items on homeschoolers' use of distance learning and the Internet, information about families' past use of homeschooling, more information about homeschoolers who attend school for some classes or subjects, and specific information about homeschoolers' plans for postsecondary education.

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