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Assessment & Evaluation
In
order to make intelligent decisions on what textbooks to recommend
for your student, it is, obviously, necessary for us to have some
way of determining what "level" of learning a student has achieved.
We use one of two instruments for this purpose, and a description of
each follows:
DIAGNOSTIC PRESCRIPTIVE ASSESSMENT
(for
students in Grades K - 5)
The testing instrument we recommend that parents use with their
younger children is the Diagnostic Prescriptive Assessment,
created especially for the home schooling community. This is an
outstanding testing instrument because it accurately assesses the
students' true ability for each specific grade level, rather than
simply comparing a student with millions of others nationwide.
Furthermore, this Assessment enables parents to purchase and
administer the test anytime of the year. Of great benefit is the
fact that a grading-key is provided with each assessment, thus
allowing parents to grade their student’s test immediately upon
completion - no waiting for days or weeks to receive the assessment
results. Another benefit is that our cost of only $440 per student
(plus tax, shipping & handling) is extremely cost effective. This
price includes the cost to review and evaluate your child's
Assessment and to produce a written curriculum recommendation
which is provided to parents.
Contact us to order the
Assessment that will be most appropriate for your student(s).
STUDENT
EVALUATION
(for
students in grades 6 - 12)
Over years of designing curriculum for children educated at home, we
developed a student evaluation that has proven to be highly reliable
for us in tailoring curriculum to meet the academic needs of
student(s) in the middle school to high school grade levels. Note
that this is an evaluation, not a test; therefore, your student(s)
should not be fearful of, or intimidated in any way relative to
answering these questions.
Please
understand that we do not want to make any assumptions concerning
the existing level of achievement of your student(s)! Experience
teaches us that even a student currently in an upper grade may not
have mastered basic facts in areas such as Language,
Spelling, and Math. Therefore, the questions posed in our
evaluation are designed to inform both you and us of the
understanding of basic facts achieved by your student(s). Parents,
have your student(s) complete these questions without any academic
assistance from you or anyone else. The entire evaluation can
normally be completed in a very short period of time. Our review of
this evaluation will enable us to customize a curriculum to
meet the academic needs of your student.
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