Check with your support group for local test administrators and sources for ordering tests. Parents who test privately in their home or with a group of home-schooled children can expect to pay for the test, as well as a fee for the test administrator. Therefore, children who are not six by September 30 do not have to be tested. This may include a requirement that the test be administered by a person other than the parent or by a person with a college degree. The law does not require that test administrators or evaluators be approved in advance by the local division superintendent.
Tests are available from several sources.
Check with the individual suppliers listed in the following articles for cost and test administrator requirements. Members of the Home School Legal Defense Association are entitled to a discount on tests through Bob Jones University Press. Testing is not required for science, history, or any other subject beyond language arts and mathematics. If adequate progress is not demonstrated, the parent may file a remediation plan for one additional year of home schooling. The parent must also show that he is able to provide an adequate education for his child.