Unschoolers & Testing

By Sue Patterson • April 21, 2023
What's the deal with Test-taking? How has society put the cart before the horse regarding standardized tests?  Let's talk about it here or listen in on the Unschooling Mom2Mom Podcast
By Guest Blogger • April 12, 2021
Ann Lahrson-Fisher, book author and school teacher turned homeschooler, shared her thoughts on the problems with standardized testing.
Afraid of New York regulations for home education?
By Guest Blogger • November 10, 2019
Unschooling in New York? Amy Milstein shares suggestions for how to meet the state requirements.
By Guest Blogger • April 2, 2019
by Cathy Earle “Homeschooling has proven itself to be effective—after all, homeschooled students score much higher on standardized tests than their public-school counterparts!” “Standardized tests don't measure the important stuff, and don't do a very good job, even, of measuring the less important stuff!”   Having been in the homeschooling community for more than three Read More
By Sue Patterson • November 21, 1998
Donna Courreges wrote for the Chart & Compass back in the 1990s. Judgement Day was one of her essays. We're so happy to be able to preserve a little history here.