This is where you will find Home School Heartbeat programs since 1998. Station Listing Click here to find a radio station near you that plays Home School Heartbeat . For parents that are home schooling children with special learning needs, testing time can loom menacingly on the horizon. Today on Home School Heartbeat, Michael Farris , president of Home School Legal Defense Association, tells these parents how to make testing time become a friend, and not a foe. In some states, home schoolers are required to submit either achievement test scores, or the results of an alternative assessment, for their children.
Some states require that the child demonstrate adequate progress for the school year just completed.
Other states have specifically set a number at which the child must score, or be evaluated for learning problems. Of course, some families live in states where standardized achievement tests are not required at all. Whether you are legally required to test or simply want an evaluation of your child's progress for your own information, testing presents a unique challenge to parents of special needs children. We can also provide parents with information about their state law, as well as our booklet, Home Schooling Your Special Needs Child. We want to help you provide the best education possible for your special needs child.