<p>Pearl, I agree with you that by chosing the our educational path, we have to be prepared to answer certain unknowns. I have no issue with students taking CAT’s, Iowa’s, PASS, SAT’s SAT II’s, AP’s… </p>
<p>But living in NYS, the facts are that we have to answer to the school district through out the year (provide a yearly IHIP for approval, report progress 4 times a school year, provide a annual assesment and beginning in 4th grade, take a standardized test every other year and every year beginning in 9th grade). Believe me, the schools should have a handle on our children’s progress. To ask students to take a GED test to prove once again that we are fulfilling requirements is more than is asked of any child in school.</p>
<p>I spend a lot of time on paper work to meet these requirements. I have 3 quarterly reports for 3 of my 4 children needing to be written for this first quarter right now. By the time my oldest had graduated, I had completed over 60 reports to the district on this child.</p>
<p>I am happy to report that Hamilton College admissions and financial aid wrote me to say that they recognize that each state has different requirements,</p>