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In Maine, if you have filed paperwork with the Department of Education to be an official homeschooler, you have agreed to provide the Dept. with an annual assessment at the end of each homeschooling year.
Assessment does not mean "testing," necessarily. Testing is among the options provided, but it is not your only choice. Some disagree with testing, some fear it, some were labeled by it, some do not believe in it. That's fine. Maine's homeschoolers are not required to be tested. Consider all the options:
1. Provision for a standardized achievement test through the local school unit or through other arrangements approved by the Commissioner. If administered through the local school unit, such provision must be agreed to by the local school unit prior to submission of the equivalent instruction application." Translation: this is a standardized achievement test. If you want the local school to do it and have them pay for it, you must make that arrangement before you file your paperwork with the Dept. of Education. Otherwise you may hire a qualified tester to administer a standardized achievement test.
2. Provision for a test developed by the local school unit appropriate to the student's education plan. This provision must be agreed to by the local school unit prior to the submission of the equivalent instruction application." Translation: You could ask the local public school to invent a test for your child to take at the end of the homeschool year. This option is rarely chosen.
3. Provision for a review and acceptance of the student's progress by an identified individual who holds a current Maine teacher's certificate." Translation: You can hire a certified Maine teacher to review your child's work. The teacher then writes a letter stating that the student has made acceptable progress. This is the most common form of Annual Assessment, and usually includes the review of a student?s written work, projects, tests, quizzes, papers, interviews, home-made videos, and any other work the child & parent want to present to the teacher.
4. Provision for a review and acceptance of the students progress through, but not limited to, a presentation of an educational portfolio on the student to a local area homeschooling support group whose membership for this purpose includes a currently certified Maine teacher or administrator." Translation: A local homeschooling support group may hire a certified teacher to join them at a meeting to review student portfolios. This is becoming more common as families try to share the cost of an Annual Assessment with other families.
5. Provision for a review and acceptance of the students progress by a local advisory board selected by the superintendent (of the public school) which shall include one administrative unit personnel and two home instruction tutors. This provision must be agreed to by the local school unit prior to the submission of the equivalent instruction application. Be sure to contact local school officials well enough in advance to permit all participants to gain sufficient knowledge of the home schooling program. Be advised that the local Superintendent of Schools will select the board members in this option (underlining added). Translation: The local public school officials will pick a group to review your child?s work if you want them to. This option is rarely chosen.
Annual Assessment -- yes, it's required. Who chooses it? You do. Pick one, call us, and we'll get it done -- by homeschoolers, for homeschoolers. We do it.
Call 800-882-2828 for details.
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