Assessment Options
Parents/caregivers are not required to test home educated students, and many don’t feel the need to. The main reason for testing at school is to identify which areas the student has achieved at or needs to work on, and a parent is intuitively familiar with their own child’s achievements. However, there are other reasons homeschoolers choose to test:
Because it is part of their academic programme
Because their student loves a challenge
To put their mind at ease or to reassure anxious relatives of where the child’s level of achievement is in relation to national averages
To give their child experience in being tested
For those who want to use testing there are many options, from purchased assessments through to exams administered by a trained teacher. Assessment is also often part of any online learning tool that you might choose to subscribe to. Ask at your local homeschool group or in online forums for recommendations as there are many assessment tools available and the one you use will depend on what you want to achieve as well as the age/level of your child.
