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Many parents get a wake-up call when the results of their child’s achievement test suggest the curriculum they used let them down. In other words, if your child flew through their curriculum easily yet did poorly on their achievement test, the question is why? What, if anything, went wrong? Was it test anxiety or poor…
The Final Rule
The final rule in this series of posts, brief tips on how to help our older children read critically, is to encourage them to read with their eyes open. In other words, all books are bound to contain some errors. I’m not talking about factual errors although that can sometimes be the case. I’m mainly thinking…
Why Choose to Test In-Person?
In my last article I discussed the legality of remote testing and how it started. Now that Covid is in the rearview mirror, many home schoolers have returned to in-person group testing. Both testing virtual and in-person platforms satisfy Oregon testing requirements. So why choose in-person testing? For one, many parents feel their children already have enough…
Rule 3: Avoid the Gotcha! Perspective
Soon after my conversation to Christ, one of the youth pastors of the church I was attending preached a sermon whose provocative and funny (to me anyway) title has stuck with me over the years. He titled it, “Flesh Finders and Sin Sniffers.” As you might guess, the pastor was referring to church members, usually…
Three Ways to Correct Effectively
In our series, Testing 101, I started with some suggestions on how to prepare your child for a successful test experience. I followed that up with some articles that explained how to understand and use the scores found on the Basic Report. In this article, I’ll make a suggestion about how to communicate and use…
ChatGPT
A number of years ago before AI, one of my tutors was working with a student in writing. She was struggling and often turned in assignments late with mediocre content. On one occasion, a miracle occurred, or so it seemed. She submitted an exceptional five-paragraph essay. There were no punctuation or grammatical errors, her topic sentences…
