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Hello Home School Families, Last year, due to Covid, the Oregon Department of Education extended the deadline to complete achievement testing from August 15 to November 1. The extension was a temporary action and does not carry into 2021. Will the Department extend the deadline to complete testing again this year? That is a possibility, but as…
Testing 101: How to Understand and Use Percentile Ranks
Most car insurance companies offer high school students a discount if the student can prove he or she is academically “above average.” The standard to qualify for the discount is a “B” average on the student’s transcript. The creation and maintenance of a high school transcript is one of the features and benefits of our…
When a Test Result Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
A great line from the movie, The Princess Bride, by Inigo Montoya to Vizzini’s use of the word, inconceivable is “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. “ Test results are subject to interpretation. They don’t always mean what we think they mean. A number of years…
Is it Worth it? A Question for Your Children
Are you ready for the beginning of another year of home schooling? Scrambling a bit? I know the feeling. This time of year is a good time to remind ourselves why we’re home schooling in the first place- what our main focus or goal will be, what we hope to instill in our children. What…
Are You Meddling?
I can still remember it. “Back in the day,” my teacher was in the front doing his part, talking. I was doing my part, day-dreaming. I wasn’t invested in what was going on. My grade point average in middle school hovered around a D+. I didn’t care. It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s…
Don’t Know the Right Answer? Good for You!
I was thinking back to when I bought my first IPhone. As I left the Verizon store, I thought, internet, iTunes, email, weather, news, and way more, even a flashlight, all at my fingertips except…I didn’t know how to access all of them. I needed help to get up and running. There’s an ancient saying,…