However, contrary to popular belief, you do not need to be trained in any way to teach your child. Not only that, but being trained or not does not necessarily affect a child's education. In a study conducted by Patrick Basham, he states: “To the great dismay of professional educators, […] parents who are trained teachers do not appear to achieve significantly better results than amateurs. Differences in education or income also do not result in discernible variation; Regardless of family income, homeschooled students score between the 82nd and 92nd percentile on the SAT, the U.S. national college entrance exam. (Byfield, Home is) This means that whether a parent is trained or not, homeschooled children still perform above average on standardized tests.