Seven tips for evaluating progress.
10 Evaluation Interview Questions
One often-overlooked tool in evaluating the success of any particular homeschool year is a simple, informal interview with each child. By spending time with our children all day, we probably already have a good idea of what their thoughts will be in general — along with their specific thoughts on a particular subject! Sometimes, they just […]
7 Ways to Evaluate Student Progress
If you jumped into the new year using traditional materials, you probably already have an idea how you will evaluate your student’s progress. You can see at a glance those assessments at the end of the teacher’s guide or stapled in between the pages of the workbook. For for the DIY homeschool mom using alternative […]
10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #10 Scrapbook
Educational portfolio or family scrapbook. 10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #10 Scrapbook
1922 Stanford Achievement Test {Free}
More for historical interest than seriously testing our children! The 1922 Stanford Achievement Test, Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8 is available as a free download. What type of things was an eighth grader required to know? Paragraph meaning. Sentence meaning. Word meaning. Arithmetic computation. Arithmetic reasoning (word problems). Nature study and science. Who […]
Evaluating Progress?
It’s that time of year. If you are looking for fresh ideas for assessing progress, you might find these useful: 7 Ways to Evaluate Student Progress So how did your children do? How much did they learn? And how do you know? 10 Evaluation Interview Questions Sometimes all you have to do is ask. Evaluating […]
Workbook for the SAT Essay {Free eBook}
Workbook for the CollegeBoard SAT I Essay by James P. Stobaugh is a free, 34-page download that will help your child prepare for the essay portion of the SAT. Even if your child is not considering college, he will benefit by working through this workbook. Topics include: An overview and background of the essay portion […]
Create Your Own Worksheets {Free}
If you are looking for ways to help your child practice his skills, you’ll appreciate these free worksheet generators at SchoolExpress.com. Using the free tools, you can create the following forms: Multiple choice quiz Up to 8 questions. Word search Can be used for vocabulary or spelling words, or with thematic units. Sentence writing worksheet Useful […]
Evaluating for Excellence
Too often we evaluate without knowing where we started. We evaluate using arbitrary evaluation tools that cannot tell us if we have met the goals we were working on. In Evaluating for Excellence: A Handbook for Evaluating Student Progress, Teresa Moon provides us with a comprehensive and logical approach to evaluation. The process reasonably begins […]
