![]() Homeschoolers have fewer testing requirements and no pass/fail system in the scoring of tests.įor more information, and to join the boycott, go to Change the Stakes. ![]() Parents of schooled children are fighting back and boycotting the tests. Parents are Opting Out of New York State Tests! ![]() "Studies show that, compared with traditionally educated students, the nation's 2 million home-schooled score 15 to 30 percentage points higher on standardized elementary school tests and about half that on their SATs, according to Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute." Here's a quote from an article in Crain's: Since the public education system is so fixated on testing, most homeschooling parent worry about the subject. – Laurie Block Spigel, from Education Uncensored Perhaps what the student does not know is simply how to take this particular test. Tests tell you what a child does not know, rather than what a child does know. Go to Page Index Tests are really a diagnostic tool, rather than an assessment tool.
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