Oregon homeschool testing requirements

Yes. Home-instructed students are generally examined in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10.

At grades 3, 5, 8, and 10. If a student's score falls below the 15th percentile, or later shows decline, the statute can require additional testing within a year and may lead to supervision or a temporary return to school.

Families should keep copies of their written notice to the education service district, the district's written acknowledgment, test information and results, any special education evaluation reports used instead of testing, attendance records, work samples, and high school transcripts.

Yes. A parent, legal guardian, or private teacher must notify the education service district in writing when a child is taught at home or withdrawn from public school for home instruction. Deadline: The statute requires written notice when the child begins being taught at home or is withdrawn from public school, and again if the child moves to a new education service district. The available sources reviewed here do not give a specific number of days.

1. 1Name of test, evaluator, or portfolio reviewer if used.
2. 2Date completed and school year covered.
3. 3Score report, evaluator letter, portfolio receipt, or parent summary.
4. 4Copy of anything submitted to a district, umbrella school, or state office.