Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Cheating and home schooling]]]

[Jim Wildman <jim@rossberry.com>]

In the United States, homeschooling (which is generally defined as
parents teaching their own kids at home), is governed by a combination
of state law and state education regulations.  These (of course) vary by
state.
For instance, Ohio (where I used to live), requires that a parent notify
the local school board that they
	a) are not going to send the child to the government school,
	b) provide either the scores from a standardized test or a portfolio
	review narrative from a certified teacher of the child's work
	c) an overview of what they will be teaching.

Indiana requires a simple notification of the child's whereabouts (I
think).

Texas (where I live now) requires a notification and affirmation that
you are teaching the child.

California (where I will 'never' live) requires each family to register
as a private school under the auspices of the local school board, with
considerable review and oversight by representatives of the school (I
think).

Homeschooled kids can take the standard tests (ACT, SAT, etc), can get a
GED, can have a diploma issued by their parents, or can get a diploma
from a correspondence school or umbrella school.  Which one you do is
somewhat influenced by where you live and what the child wants to do.
Most colleges will accept homeschooled children on the strength of
ACT/SAT or portfolio review.  High school diplomas don't carry a lot of
weight in many places any way, since there has been so much documented
'gradeflation' in the government schools.

My son enlisted in the US Navy on the strength of various tests.  He
took the GED pretest, but enlisted before he took the full test.  He
graduated 3rd in his class from A school (which follows basic training).

My daughter has been rather hotly pursued by various colleges based on
the strength of her GED and ACT scores.

If anyone is interested in homeschooling, email me off list and I can
provide some URLs.

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On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Jonathan Byron wrote:

> I don't know think that most home-schooled kids get a transcript with letter
> grades and a GPA; in some places, they are required to take an standardized
> exam at the end of the year, which is proctored to prevent cheating. Some
> places may audit the home schoolers and make sure that they have some kind
> of plan, but don't verify learning or retention on particular units or
> courses.
>
> In the university, on-line quizzes (using something like BlackBoard) are
> usually timed to reduce the possibility of cheating. But there is usually no
> verification of identity and no way to determine if books or notes are used.
> Usually these type of quizes are either a small part of the grade (like a
> homework assignment, which could also be done collaboratively), or are not
> for credit, just for students to prepare for an exam.
>
> Jonathan Byron
> Assistant Professor, Geography
> Jacksonville University
>
> jbyron@ju.edu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Loss" <dloss@suscom.net>
> To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 8:55 AM
> Subject: [Fwd: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Cheating and home schooling]]]
>
>
> > Again, forwarded from Sunil.  Please respond directly to him (and
> > additionally to the mailing list, if you like).
> >
> > sas59@cornell.edu wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Your response was helpful. I am doing a report on home
> > > schooling and I was just wondering if home schooled
> > > students have the opportunity to cheat on say like 100
> > > point exams or quizzes.  Some parents would want their
> > > kids to have the best grades possible so they might let
> > > them cheat on these tests.  I was also wondering if you
> > > knew if home schooled students have to take the regents
> > > exams in new york, and if so which ones.  thank you.
> > >
> > > sunil
> >
> > --
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> >
> >
> >
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