BECE. Newsletter 

Vol.19, No.1, 2025, BECE 1932 

 

 

 

 

The Effects of Home Education and Educational 

Aspirations on Academic Achievements in Primary 

and Secondary School Students: 

An Empirical Analysis Based on Data from the China 

Family Panel Studies 

By Zhang, Y., Li, Z., & Huang, H. 
Correspondence to: Haoyan Huang, University of Helsinki, Finland. E-mail: 

haoyan.huang@helsinki.fi  

his study investigates the effects of home education and educational as-

pirations on academic achievements in primary and secondary school 

students, as well as the moderating effect of the student’s age, with a sample 

of 833 students from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). 

Research Findings: 

• The predictive power of home education on student academic 

achievements declined as the students’ grades advanced from the 

primary to junior secondary level, whereas that of student educa-

tional aspirations on their academic performance exhibited a shift 

from being insignificant to significant. 

• Student educational aspirations mediated the relationship be-

tween home education and student academic achievements, and 

the student’s age posed a moderating effect on this relationship. 

The positive effect of home education on student educational as-

pirations lessened and became insignificant as the students’ ages 

increased. 

Recommendations: 

• The parents should give their children more emotional support 

and communication by listening to their authentic thinking as 

well as the challenges they encounter and assist them in develop-

ing problem-solving skills. 

• Parental involvement should vary by the child’s education phase. 

Direct involvement strategies like instruction and supervision 

may be more effective in assisting with the development of fa-

vorable learning habits and upgrading academic performance in 

primary school students. For secondary school students, parental 

involvement ought to focus on developing their positive mental 

qualities, enhancing their self-motivation in learning. 

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• Home-school co-education should cater to the developmental 

needs of students of various ages. The primary teacher needs to 

improve the information sharing mechanism to realize the home-

school co-supervision of the students, whereas the junior second-

ary teacher should work with student parents to boost the chil-

dren’s initiative in learning and their educational aspirations. 

 
Source: Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2024; 2024(3):79-94.