home_wkids

Hello everyone. I'm pretty new to homeschooling in general. I've never
sent my children to school. My dd is 8 and in the 2nd grade. Last year
I made her do a prepackaged curriculum for 1st grade. The Education
District in Oregon has to know what grade your child is in. The
schooling was very rigid. We were both struggling. I want her to enjoy
learning and not be pushed through. The state mandated testing is at
the end of 3rd grade and I don't know what to do about the testing.
She has some trouble in reading and I'm scared that she won't pass
good enough to continue homeschooling. She does'nt want to go to
school. I'm tired of stressing about the testing part. Making sure she
is getting enough to pass the "TEST" Please any thought on this would
be appreciated
Crystle

soggyboysmom

--- In [email protected], "home_wkids" <LCB@o...>
wrote:
> Hello everyone. I'm pretty new to homeschooling in general. I've
>never
> sent my children to school. My dd is 8 and in the 2nd grade. Last
>year
> I made her do a prepackaged curriculum for 1st grade. The
>Education
> District in Oregon has to know what grade your child is in. The
> schooling was very rigid. We were both struggling. I want her to
>enjoy
> learning and not be pushed through. The state mandated testing is
>at
> the end of 3rd grade and I don't know what to do about the
>testing.
> She has some trouble in reading and I'm scared that she won't pass
> good enough to continue homeschooling. She does'nt want to go to
> school. I'm tired of stressing about the testing part. Making sure
>she
> is getting enough to pass the "TEST" Please any thought on this
>would
> be appreciated
> Crystle
Check and KNOW the LAW.
http://www.oceanetwork.org/started/newlaw2.pdf looks to be a good
working reference for it (my only caveat being that they reference
H$LDA a couple of times). One thing to note is that the cut off is
the 15th percentile overall (that is she does better than 14 of 100
kids who take the test- and you have a choice of about half a dozen
nationally normed tests, it's not the same test as the Oregon public
schools since that is not nationally normed). So, if one score is
low and others are average or high, it can still be above the 15th
percentile overall and all is well. Next, if she does manage (it's
pretty tough) to end up under 15th percentile overall, then you have
a year to work on it and re-test. If the score is the same or
higher, all is well and you go back to the regular testing schedule.
If it drops (say goes from 14 to 12), then you may end up having a
teacher overseeing you (but then again you may not or you might get
a certified teacher who is pro-unschooling, there is no set
requirement as far as what happens between the overseer and you -
you might simply chat on the phone a couple times or call when you
have questions or whatever). If the score stays down for a 2nd year,
then and only then could there be further steps taken. Odds are that
is pretty unlikely to happen.

--Deb