Most homeschool parents don't give report cards—after all, report cards were invented as a way for teachers to help parents know how students were doing, and homeschool parents already know! That said, there may be special circumstances where homeschoolers want or need report cards: Kids coming from school may be used to them and want to continue the tradition. Parents may feel certain students do better with report cards. Parents may also have state or charter school requirements to create report cards. (Ironically, this turns the original purpose of report cards on its head—now parents are letting the education officials know how students are doing by way of a report card—instead of the other way around!) There may be times report cards are needed for things like insurance discounts for teen drivers. Some homeschool record keepers generate printable report cards, or you can create a report card. There are also printable report card templates online. A homeschool report card should include: the school year date of the report card child's name child's grade level (if you use grade levels) a grade for each subject studied name of your homeschool, if you use a homeschool name your signature Some homeschool curricula and online record keeping programs may generate report cards. If you have to submit report cards as part of a state or charter school assessment, check to see if these kinds of report cards meet the requirements in your state.