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What does NCLB (No Child Left Behind) have to do with homeschooling? After all, homeschooling is exempt from NCLB. The regulations set forth by NCLB are all directly tied to federal funding and homeschools are not federally funded, so why should you care?

Dianne discusses the reason behind assigning a failing grade. What purpose does it serve and what are we assessing?

TEST! This word strikes fear into the hearts of many a child. For that matter, a lot of adults experience a mild form of post-traumatic stress when they hear that four-letter word.

How are numbers silly, you might ask? Actually they’re not, but we can have fun with them to learn new things if we try.

Here are five reasons why we reluctantly use published tests and some follow-up responses.

So have you been thinking about the purpose and value of learning assessments? I thought that I would allow some time for our ideas to percolate before continuing the discussion that I began in a previous article. I have been contemplating this topic a lot, especially this past week as I prepared report cards for some of my students.

Read more on Coaching Children to Success Using Positive Learning Assessments…

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Most of the homeschool parents do not know the difference between the accredited and official transcripts. This article explains the difference between them.

Discussion of the need for and the value of learning assessments for homeschooling children’s work. What should we be evaluating and how useful are the grades?

End of the year achievement testing is now here, and in many states it’s a requirement. It’s one thing to possess a set of skills, but another to be able to demonstrate them in a test setting which may be unfamiliar and feel uncomfortable to the student.