Willow Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 If you do not live in the US and you don't need High School credits or do SAT type tests, how do you record your child's High School achievements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 :lurk5: I haven't been yet. would love to hear how others are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Well, we are going to do the SAT and some subject tests. Our local high school will do them for us. I am also having my son take some of the "provincial" exams; they're kind of like the New York Regent's exams. Otherwise, I'm maintaining notebooks of his work and giving my own grades. We may have the kids do a year or so locally at community college and then transfer. I figure it will all work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in NZ Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) I keep a simple list of maths, science, etc. that they have completed during their highschool years (age 13+) & they each have a clearfile to hold any certificates they have earned. Dd has a handful of NCEA credits earned through STAR courses taken at the local polytech, but no where near enough for NCEA 1-3 certificates. At age 16 dd began taking adult courses part-time at the local polytech & has earned level 1-3 certificates. She will go full-time in July for the second semester to complete a Foundations (level 3) course. This will open doors into diploma courses at polytech. NorthTec was not at all interested in seeing what we'd covered at home. They accepted her based on an interview. Her record at NorthTec will open doors into other tertiary opportunities. Any record keeping I've done is for our benefit only. No one has been interested as of yet as to what my dc complete in our homeschool. Even the ERO did not ask to see offical records. They just wanted to see that we had an idea of what we've completed & where we intended to go next. I am having my dc take the ICAS assessments this year, but only for our benefit. I don't plan on sharing the results with any officals. If we did ever decide to put our dc into PS, they would be assessed with an enrollment exam & placed in classes based on the results. They wouldn't even look at my records. If you are concerned with having records that are of value to PS officals or tertiary institutions, look at using ACE paces or NZCS during the highschool years. Both are recognized by NZQA. JMHO, Edited July 2, 2009 by Deb in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) We are using the IGCSE qualifications. They are the equivalent of the GCSEs taken in the UK at 16, but are designed for overseas schools to use. They are assessed purely by exams, which are roughly equivalent to US SAT subject tests. Calvin passed biology at the end of last year and will be taking classical civilisation and geography (with earth science) next year. As it turns out, Calvin is likely to go to school when he is fourteen. If we hadn't made that decision, he would have done more IGCSEs and then gone on to A levels (roughly equivalent to US AP exams). There's an artlcle about level comparisons here. These exams, like the IGCSEs, can usually be studied at home and taken at a British Council office. They are recognised in many countries for university entrance. Other home educators in the UK have used portfolios of work (for entering art degrees, etc.) specialist music exams or Open University courses for university entrance. Best wishes Laura Edited June 30, 2009 by Laura Corin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan in GE Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 whether he'll go to uni in Europe or in the US, we're trying to keep the doors to both open for as long as possible, if not for the whole time. So we have looked at what is required for each, and while it is theoretically possible to get into a university here with an American high school diploma and 5 AP exams in certain branches, since they have no experience with a homeschool high school diploma, I would hate to wait til the end and find the door closed. So he is also working toward a Swiss maturite which is an exam at the end of high school...Because it requires a high level of German (as well as French and English), I don't know if he'll make it. This coming year will tell more... You don't say what country you are in...but it all depends what your young person wants to do later....Here there are apprenticeships and they give an exam to determine who is qualified. In some countries there are other exams they can take to open doors... I keep lots of records as I don't know if towards the end we'll end up using some sort of umbrella school to give a more official diploma that will be more easily accepted... I know also that Texas Tech will give credit on examination and if you do your last 5 credits with them, you can get a diploma from them (with sufficient credit by exam)... It seems better to keep more records as you can always throw them away, but it is very hard to recreate them (esp accurately)... I also keep records for myself (daily subjects/topics/lessons/field trips/exams/etc)..I can see how much we have done...It helps my children also...They see what they have done...Even years later they look back at their portfolios...That is where we keep the most important work. Then I put all the rest in a huge envelope - what is most easy to dispose of when moving comes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I keep a record mostly for me of what J has done and his marks. I plan to ring the University he wants to attend next year and discuss with them possible paths for him to begin his degree. I suspect this will be via a couple of Open University courses to basically formalise his understanding in Physics and Chemistry and possibly maths. So in the end, the records are more for me than anything else because I doubt I will need to present them to anyone. But if I do I'll make up some kind of portfolio or something I guess. Apparantly what is required varies quite widely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I suspect this will be via a couple of Open University courses to basically formalise his understanding in Physics and Chemistry and possibly maths. DS did S103 (the science foundation course, now replaced by S104), a couple of the short science courses, and Using Mathematics (MST121) and we would definitely recommend them. The course material is excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy in Australia Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I plan to ring the University he wants to attend next year and discuss with them possible paths for him to begin his degree If he knows which degree he wants to do, he may be able to get in via TAFE. A few of us did some research here in Perth and found that doing TAFE Diplomas in the chosen field (e.g. engineering) is a good way to set up entrance into uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Yes, TAFE is an option too. But I figure it's best to speak to the Uni, I'll have a grab bag of suggestions up my sleeve and see where we get. I *think* he could probably start studying his qual earlier than after Gr 12, but he wants to do an AFS exchange for a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Mine will write the provincial diploma exams, one of the school boards actually gives crdits for homeschooling to get a proper diploma(in Alberta one needs 100 credits to get a diploma so the weighting is different than in the US). There is many colleges that they can either do distance learning with or start with as young as 16 and earn college credits and then transfer into a university program if they need a 4 year vs a 1-2 year program. And if all else fails they can write their GED exam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I am simply keeping their work, and certificates of the various courses they have done and are doing. It's a lot of freedom to cover what we choose, I must admit. We are still accountable (in my state) to our moderator, but that's never been an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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