Homeschool~ Between years testing, who else has to test their kids?

[saddina]

At that point the kid is able to read on thier own, so you give them say, a biology text, order the frog in a box kit, assign the questions at the end of a chapter, and check them against a teachers guide... in other words, same thing a public schooled student does. At that age the role is less "teaching" and more "supervising" (think about it, how much 1 on 1 teaching did your teachers give each student?)

Many homeschoolers have a textbook supplier who puts kits together for this reason. Another option is to put them in a charter program (many states have this for free), where thier lessons come via computer, and thier classrooms are e-meetings, they work from home, and hand in work samples once a quarter. Many homeschooled kids graduate early and attend college early, which comes in part by being able to go as fast as they need thru the texts.

 

[saddina]

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Which is soo much fun when they learn spanish twice as fast as I do.....

 

[baltimoreharps]

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I don't know when you were homeschooled in NC, but the DPNE rules have changed quite a bit in the last 5 years.

All the DPNE requires is that the person that is the primary teacher for the homeschool is a high school diploma. You DO have to provide documentation and no GED's will fly for the person that is the primary teacher.
For the students, they do have to have a work record of what they have learned, and that is the yearly testing.(CAT-5, Hewitt, Oregon, etc) Nothing that you do yourself.
If they haven't learned it and while I'm administering the test, they don't know it, sorry, go onto the next question and come back to it. I can't give you the answers. I'm a mean mom.

All that is required is a yearly NC state approved testing that is independently graded, and administered the same. It does NOT have to be by someone with a college degree any longer. The lost important thig is to be in compliance with the DPNE and to administer yearly accredited standardised testing in NC.

Honestly, I've had the kids take the Cat5, Hewitt Testing, Oregon, I've mixed and matched, and all test out on the 90th percentile no matter what I use as a testing material.
I've been doing this going on 7 years now and seeing my kids learn and to love it.... sorry, can't argue with the method.
My oldest is graduating this year. I already have the transcrips ready for him that we did our selves. At least in NC, you don't need other school documents to make it official. I've got all of the extra that he's been participating in over the years. to put down for the record.
Mine don't have to see who's best in the family, just look at who they're not matching from other students both from homeschool, public and private school who all take the same test.
We're in compliance, and go above and beyond.

I certainly am not jumping on you, I know when I'm tired I can sound that way.I apologise in advance if I sounded harsh. I really don't mean to.

I've had to defend what I do with homschooling my kids for so long between family and friends, that I go into defense mode and try to get the facts out asap. That is all, and no personal offense is meant.

If you need links, I can provide them.

 

[Eggs4Sale]

"I've had to defend what I do with homschooling my kids for so long between family and friends, that I go into defense mode and try to get the facts out asap. That is all, and no personal offense is meant."

Hear, hear!

Or is it 'here, here'???

Hold on, gotta go look something up!

 

[baltimoreharps]

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No offense taken. I'd just throw it out there that maybe both of us need to re-learn a certain subject and then dive in face first into it.

I've got a kiddo graduating this year, and when I didn't know something, I'd go and look, read, and educate myself, then teach it to him. He learned, until he hit that rebellious stage, so, we're just waiting it out. In the meantime, he has some testing to do.
He'll find out how well his "not going to do what you tell me to do" is going to work out then.

I've homeschooled this child since 5th grade. He can run circles around me with comptuers, theories, and can seriosly kick my rear on properties and functions on a computer.
He's talented in grammer, English writings and in history. He's in college level on those subjects.
His major drawback is arithmetic. I'm horrible at it, and I'm SO glad to have a back up in my dh in that area. I do NOT get it beyond simple math, (division, simple algebra, and advanced geometry)

For the math, we have a fantastic program that I can understand and that works through all of the steps to the solution. It's wonderful!!

 

[baltimoreharps]

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"Hear, hear!!"

I'm tired,I have fibro and it's almost 3 am in the morning, what more do you want?

 

[Eggs4Sale]

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"Hear, hear!!"

I'm tired,I have fibro and it's almost 3 am in the morning, what more do you want?

Thanks for being my research!
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 10 years ago. Turned out to be hypothyroidism. The only thing that makes the pain stay away is Armour Thyroid. BTW, tests never showed it...

 

[Judy]

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So what? Did he know how to think, and reason, and research?

The whole point is that the child can and does educate himself. Your teachers did not plant your ability to deal with, say, algebra, into your head; you figured it out on your own. We do not learn a new thinking skill from someone; we discover it. A math teacher's comprehension of algebra does not help you understand it. Your own ability to work through problem solving and such does. The fallacy is that there needs to be a teacher. When the algebra light dawns, a person knowledgeable in algebra is not needed to confirm that. Yes, a good teacher might facilitate, but the learning or seeing is in you, in the end. I did not learn my language skills in school. I learned them from reading, which I started before school age.

I homeschooled my son many years ago. I am not going to try to recount the details. I have 5 grandkids in public school and one who just graduated. Suffice to say, schools are much worse at teaching kids to think for themselves now than they were then, and it was bad enough then.

 

[Mahonri]

With the swine flu on it's way, my wife has actually started talking about homeschooling.

Guess she better start reading up on how she's gonna get it done.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

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By teaching our children to become independent learners. My daughter's favorite subject is Science. Since I usually have no problem getting her to do science, we work on math first thing in the am and get it out of the way since that's her least favorite subject. We follow that with English.

I don't have to tell her to work on Science, she'll pick up a science text and read it like it's leisure reading (don't know how she can do that! I hated science!) and she's only 10!

It's the same with History. If I put the history books out, she will grab them and read them like she can't get enough of them.

This next year I'm adding curriculum from Christian Liberty Press. Actually, I'm enrolling DD into their CLASS program, which will include all her texts, assignments, etc. Well, I should say I might be. They are sending me more information on it. I want to be sure it's not ONLINE schooling.

From what they told me over the phone, though, it's still homeschooling, I've the freedom to plan out the lessons for when I want them completed, and the only restriction that has to be kept is that they have 12 months to complete the work from that grade level.

I can still supplement with my other materials I have on hand if needed, though.

The only reason I'm considering doing this is so my children will get a Nationally recognized diploma, even if they are homeschooled. Otherwise, by just doing my own curriculum, sure I might be able to "issue" them a diploma myself, but they'd have a State GED, even if they know just as much, or more, than a public school kid.

It's important to me that they get that diploma.

Also wanted to add, most homeschool kids can run circles around public school kids.