Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
I am not sure what all the homeschool laws are for each state except for a few. Here in Ohio, we have to prove our kids continue to learn while homeschooling. My kids are finishing up their testing today, and I'll be mailing them in for grading.
I have to send their scores to our local school. It's more or less to prove to the schools that the kids are "where they should be" acedemically so that they won't make me put them back in public school
Here's the kicker....it's the same Standardized Test the public schools give, or a version of it anyway, and while public school kids have to score a 75% or better, a homeschooler only has to score 25% or better
What's wrong with this picture?!
We, the parents, aren't allowed to grade the test, or tell our kids when they are wrong. I went through a program that allows the parents to give the test and then we mail it back in for grading.
So, I've peeked
at the reading section that my daughter has already completed...she's so far only missed one! She's doing math this morning, and during the part where I had to read things aloud to her, she missed none!! She's into the word problems and stuff now, where she has to do it herself. I'm distracting myself by posting here so I won't watch her on her test. It's timed, she only has 15 minutes to complete this part of the test....She's about five minutes in...Is it OK that I'm nervous? lol
She has this part of the math plus one more part to math. Math is the subject I'm worried about, as it's not her strong point. She's still struggling with multiplication and division, and both of those are on this test. I doubt she'll do well with those, but that's OK as long as she passes, right?
Language (punctuation/spelling/capitalization) is all that's left after that Math parts. She should be done completely in the next 2 hours, and then I get to start DS on his test.
Really praying they both do well!
I have to send their scores to our local school. It's more or less to prove to the schools that the kids are "where they should be" acedemically so that they won't make me put them back in public school
Here's the kicker....it's the same Standardized Test the public schools give, or a version of it anyway, and while public school kids have to score a 75% or better, a homeschooler only has to score 25% or better
What's wrong with this picture?!We, the parents, aren't allowed to grade the test, or tell our kids when they are wrong. I went through a program that allows the parents to give the test and then we mail it back in for grading.
So, I've peeked
at the reading section that my daughter has already completed...she's so far only missed one! She's doing math this morning, and during the part where I had to read things aloud to her, she missed none!! She's into the word problems and stuff now, where she has to do it herself. I'm distracting myself by posting here so I won't watch her on her test. It's timed, she only has 15 minutes to complete this part of the test....She's about five minutes in...Is it OK that I'm nervous? lol She has this part of the math plus one more part to math. Math is the subject I'm worried about, as it's not her strong point. She's still struggling with multiplication and division, and both of those are on this test. I doubt she'll do well with those, but that's OK as long as she passes, right?
Language (punctuation/spelling/capitalization) is all that's left after that Math parts. She should be done completely in the next 2 hours, and then I get to start DS on his test.
Really praying they both do well!
Including the 16 year old who was in my karate class (I took it, didn't teach it) who was in a 4-year college on a full academic scholarship (and I do mean full, books, transportation & all). And my godchildren who are at college level on almost everything according to the standardized tests, and they are 11 & 9. hehehe The public school was PO'd when she took them back out to homeschool again. They wanted those test scores!!
