There are generally two different ways that home schools award credit, the work accomplished method and the traditional method. Most home schools award credit by the quality of the work completed, not just the time spent.
Some students work at a fast pace, while others take more time.
Many home-school students are bogged down using the traditional school methods for awarding credit. Their goal is knowledge of the subject taught, not just to spend a certain amount of time on the subject. However, college-bound students will want to keep records that reflect the information most colleges are looking for. Traditional Method One credit of high school equals 120 hours of class work, or 160 periods of 45 minutes each. A Carnegie Credit Unit is a measure of time spent on the material, not the quantity of work accomplished.