One thing to consider when homeschooling is the topic of grades. How do you grade participation or mastery of a subject if you don't test your children? How will you determine final grades and grades to put on a transcript? Where can you find report card guidelines or templates? Grades are often subjective but some courses, such as math, lend themselves to straightforward grading techniques, therefore I am going to let you decide which grading sites will help you the most. See links and short descriptions below.
Grading Guidelines for High School Credit from HSLDA. This article focuses on the importance of grades, examples of how to grade and take a weighted average.
How to Give Homeschool Grades An excellent and thorough Squidoo page which covers or links to helpful pages on the topic of homeschool grading.
Keeping Records of Grades from Donna Young Great site for templates, forms, transcripts, grading logs...oh just check it out-I think you'll like it.
Homeschool Views To Grade or not to Grade Short but informative article
Keeping Homeschool Grades from Dummies.com
Closing Thoughts
I've never really been one to rely on grades as an accurate reflection of how much my child has learned. I would like my children to master the subjects we study. However, there are times when testing and giving a grade-whatever that grade turns out to be is just the best way to go. The beauty of homeschooling is in its flexibility to all things educational.
Happy Homeschooling!
JulieDD
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