Test optional for homeschoolers too?

JanieWalker
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:00:22 +0000

I agree the test-optional-except-for-homeschoolers thing is ridiculous. If the homeschooler is taking a ton of classes through accredited institutions with actual certified teachers (dual enrollment at colleges, respectable online courses, etc) then they have outside validation for the grades…my oldest will end up with 36 credits from community colleges and our four-year state college…she is taking in-person classes right alongside full time college students for 11th and 12th grade along with online AP courses with certified teachers/professors…yet she can’t go test-optional.? There needs to be caveats. She doesn’t get to take tests over or schedule things on her own time…there are too many blanket assumptions about homeschoolers out there. So far she is doing well with all her standardized exams, but the extra hoop jumping is irritating when she already has more AP scores and advanced courses as a rising junior than do the majority of the rising seniors at our local public school.