Nationally Standardized
ACHIEVEMENT TEST REMINDERS
1. State law requires that ALL students in home schools be tested EVERY year --
NO exceptions for any reason. See N.C.G.S. 115C-549, 557, 563 & 564.
2. Home schools may test anytime between July 1 and the next June 30; however,
it is SUGGESTED that:
a. The test be administered in the same month and week each year.
b. Convenient test dates between March 1 and April 15 be chosen.
c. Test materials be ordered by February 1. Some sources from which
home schools may purchase individual copies of nationally standardized
achievement tests are available.
d. For credibility purposes, the test be administered and scored by an adult who is
not a relative, guardian or a member of the household in which the student
resides. It may be administered by a local tutorial service, professional
psychologist, conventional private school, professional teacher, another home
school parent, etc.
e. The test be machine-scored. Machine-scoring may not be available, however, if
the test is administered after April 15. Allow at least eight weeks to receive
the student test results from the test distributor.
f. The test manufacturer’s guidelines including time limitations be strictly followed to
insure valid and accurate test results and comparisons.
g. You not wait until you have finished all the child’s textbooks for this school year
before testing. The table of norms used in scoring the tests already makes
allowances for the time of the school year in which the test is administered.
h. You retain the test results at your home. Failure to have them there will
jeopardize the legal status of your home school. It may also jeopardize your child’s
proper grade placement when seeking enrollment in a conventional school.
3. Click on
FAQs About Testing for more important information.