PSA for homeschooled high school juniors in Ohio

[snowbeltmom]

The state is paying for every junior in the state of Ohio to take either the SAT or the ACT. Each school district determines which test they will administer to their students. The ACT/SAT is given during the school day. Homeschoolers also have the right to take the test that is being given to the students in your district, free of charge.

 

This is a relatively new law, so your district may initially decline your request because they are unaware of the law. If that happens, don't take "no" for an answer. :-)

 

If you are interested in having your child tested this spring, I would reach out now to your public school.

[clementine]

MN did this too, but homeschoolers were excluded - our district would not allow our dd to participate. I called and was told it was for public school students only. I didn’t make a stink, but found it frustrating.

[snowbeltmom]

MN did this too, but homeschoolers were excluded - our district would not allow our dd to participate. I called and was told it was for public school students only. I didn’t make a stink, but found it frustrating.

Did you check with the state to see if homeschoolers were excluded?

 

My public school has been great to work with - they proctor AP exams for my kids that aren't offered at the school, let my kids take the PSAT, etc., yet they initially told me that I couldn't register for the SAT because they didn't think this administration of the SAT was open to homeschoolers. Once I pointed out the law to them, they were more than happy to let me register.

[clementine]

I didn’t want to take the time to fight it. Our district isn’t the nicest to work with when it comes to ‘free’ offerings for ps students. It wasn’t worth it to me to take it to the next level of admin.

[Kassia]

The state is paying for every junior in the state of Ohio to take either the SAT or the ACT. Each school district determines which test they will administer to their students. The ACT/SAT is given during the school day. Homeschoolers also have the right to take the test that is being given to the students in your district, free of charge.

 

This is a relatively new law, so your district may initially decline your request because they are unaware of the law. If that happens, don't take "no" for an answer. :-)

 

If you are interested in having your child tested this spring, I would reach out now to your public school.

 

Thank you!  My dd will be a junior next year and I didn't know if this law applied to homeschool students, but was going to look into it.  

[RootAnn]

Just a note to check into if it matters to you. In my state, since the state pays for the test, this is one score you cannot delete (in the case of the ACT - which normally allows it) should that be something you might be interested in. Also, it takes FOREVER (think PSAT-long) to get back the results - far longer than it has usually taken to get back a score. (I will note that lately, it seems that sometimes it is taking longer & longer to get back some kids' results.)

 

I, personally, like my kids to take the ACT when there exists the option of having the test booklet, their answers, and the correct answers sent to me (for an additional fee). That way, I have another copy of the test for younger siblings to practice with & we can go over their answers in detail, if needed, as a way of trying for a higher score the next time they take it. It is called "Test Information Release" and is usually available in December, April, and June.