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In a message dated 12/18/02 6:56:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
kbcdlovejo@... writes:

> There is no testing?
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> I need to look into it further as we'll be there soon.
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> ~Kelly
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Parents/guardians residing in North Carolina and desiring, in lieu of
conventional school attendance, to home school their children who are at
least age 7 but not yet age 16 must:
Send to the Division of Non-Public Education (DNPE) a Notice of Intent to
Operate a School.  The notice must include the name and address of the school
along with the name of the school's owner and chief administrator;
Hold at least a high school diploma or its equivalent;
Elect to operate under either <A HREF="http://www.doa.state.nc.us/dnpe/hhh108.htm">Part 1 or Part 2 of Article 39 of the North
Carolina General Statutes</A> as a religious or as a non-religious school;
Operate the school "on a regular schedule, excluding reasonable holidays and
vacations, during at least nine calendar months of the year'';
Maintain at the school disease immunization and annual <A HREF="http://www.doa.state.nc.us/dnpe/hhh125.htm">attendance records</A> for
each student;
Have a nationally standardized achievement test administered annually to each
student.  The test must involve the subject areas of English grammar,
reading, spelling, and mathematics.  Records of the test results must be
retained at the school for at least one year and made available to DNPE when
requested;
Notify DNPE when the school is no longer in operation.


It doesn't say what test to use or who has to administer it or what grade you
must test at etc etc. We use a computer test that is like playing a computer
game. I don't tell my boys that it is a test, I just let them do it and file
it away.
Pam G.

Web site is <A HREF="www.ncdnpe.org">www.ncdnpe.org</A>

There are more recommendations then actual regulations. The list above are
the regulations as copied from their web site.


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