My dd has been talking for a week now about wanting to take an end of year test- like the public school kids do. I think she wants to see how she compares, but also is just in general about how tests work, as she's never had one. I know there are some you can purchase (though I don't know from where) of this nature, though I'd rather have something on line for free if possible. Any resource you've used and been happy with for this would be appreciated.
It would be interesting to have something that would actually give me some info on where her strengths and weaknesses are compared to other kids her age- but its not stressing me either. I know a lot of parents are scared of making too big a deal of tests, making the test too big a deal, or getting too excited about wether your child is "ahead' or "behind"- I don't think its going to make much difference to how I homeschool in the long run though- I'm happy to work at dd's pace, wherever that relates to others is secondary. I do think it would boost her self esteem though, to know she's on par for most subjects though.
Anyway, any help figuring this out would be appreciated. None of the subjects we are using have an obvious answer to this "test" question, btw.
Peace,
It would be interesting to have something that would actually give me some info on where her strengths and weaknesses are compared to other kids her age- but its not stressing me either. I know a lot of parents are scared of making too big a deal of tests, making the test too big a deal, or getting too excited about wether your child is "ahead' or "behind"- I don't think its going to make much difference to how I homeschool in the long run though- I'm happy to work at dd's pace, wherever that relates to others is secondary. I do think it would boost her self esteem though, to know she's on par for most subjects though.
Anyway, any help figuring this out would be appreciated. None of the subjects we are using have an obvious answer to this "test" question, btw.
Peace,
