Standardized Testing's Effects on Homeschoolers

In this source, Sandra Foyt looks into a more uncommon alternative to education and how it is affected by standardized testing. That alternative, of course, is homeschooling. A big point that Foyt makes in this analysis is for a homeschooled child, there are no teachers to judge a student by speaking and writing skills, the two skills that these tests seem to avoid. Since no one is testing a homeschooled student on creativity, a standardized test serves as an accurate assessment of the student's ability to synthesize and process information. The third point that Foyt makes is that private test takers get results much faster and thus can measure their progress more accurately. Schools take longer to receive test results, so most particular students must have developed substantially by the time the score is revealed. By these reasons, standardized tests serve as an accurate benchmark for homeschooled students, and can be reassuring services to the homeschoolers.

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