You don’t. Homeschoolers don’t need a diploma….colleges don’t even ask for them. In fact, if you attend public schools, you’ll get one, stick it in storage and never look at it again. What you need is a transcript, which your parents would type up as per this example:

http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/pdf%20documents/transcript.pdf

You’ll take the ACT or SAT, apply to the university as a homeschooler, and continue from there.

As for testing, you don’t need to do that if you homeschool. Tests in school exist because teachers don’t have the time or energy to keep up with every one of their 180 students. They don’t have the ability to know intrinsically how each of their students are doing, whereas homeschoolers are with their parents, they go over material together and parents KNOW when the mastery is achieved.

There is no timeline, so if you don’t master it by a certain date, there’s no harm done. In public schools teacher MUST move on to the next subject or fall behind the school’s curriculum for teaching for the standardized test.

I don’t think you are asking about standardized tests. I think you might be confused and assume that even if you don’t go to public school, that they still have jurisdiction over you and you still have to take exams and graduate. This is not true. Every state has its own requirements but once you leave to homeschool, you are only responsible for standardized tests and only in some states. If you want to take a history test for chapter 5 of your book that’s your business. If you don’t ever take a chapter test, also your business.

ALL you are required to do is whatever your state requires. GA only requires a standardized test once every 3 years.

As for graduating, the only way to graduate in the traditional sense is to go to school and pass through their ceremonies. Some homeschool groups have their own graduation ceremonies. But graduation, as a legal thing, is only possible through school since all it shows is that you complete course work for that institution.

All that companies look for is that you either graduated or you were homeschooled. My daughter is taking her GED just have it so that she can keep her driver’s license.

Colleges may or may not ask for a GED. The one thing they will want is your SAT or ACT scores. Most accept homeschooling as long as you have that test score.

Tests might be included in the book. Your parents have to get a Teacher’s Book that has the answers and they grade them.

Some programs require you to send (mail or e-mail) tests to some location for grading.

You should get a Standards test eveyr 3-5 years just to see how you are doing and your parents have to pay for that $200+. Like the Stanford Binet test.

It shows how you rank against a STANINE of the US

You are expected to MEET or EXCEED the Stanine.

As for graduation. Some home school programs give an accredited diploma, some don’t.

Many universities don’t care.

There is also the GED, which is a test you take between 17-18 that gives you an eqivalent high school diploma.

If you are intending to go into the work for the GED or an ACCREDITED diploma from a home school system is a good idea.

If you want to go to College a GED is optional

They want to see an good SAT or ACT score, a good Essay and you must PASS an enterance exam in English and Math

They expect TOTAL profience in Math to Trig or Pre Cal

English grammar and comp. often with skills in styles like APA

History and Geography

Earth Science

1 year of bilogy

Math Chemistry or Physics

Private and IVy LEague schools want 2 years foreign language (state schools don’t really care anymore about that)

Some fine arts background (singing, music, photography, video, drawing, etc.).

Some states require testing for homeschooled students and some do not; many that do require testing let homeschooling parents choose from more than one evaluation method.

For graduation, passing ACT and SAT test scores are necessary.

Statistics demonstrate that homeschoolers tend to score above the national average on both their SAT and ACT scores.

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I would think it depends on which state you’re in. For example, here in VA, there is an alliance of Home Schoolers in their own little network and they are an organization. Contact your local school board and ask them. They should be able to tell you the requirements, testing procedures and whatnot associated with it. You may want to think about it because a lot of HS’ers here in Va. study at home but are very involved with extra-cur. activities at school such as sports, music programs, etc. If you’re just disgusted with your school, talk to a counselor and get their opinion. Don’t do anything hasty and I’d think your parents should be involved since you I presume are still living at home. It is that you are a minor in their household and by law, they have to be consulted as does the school sys. So, take a rational approach to this. good luck. Have a good year! Have fun! Be cool!

Mrs. T. / Chesterfield, Va.

Many of the textbooks come with their own workbooks or practice papers that you can use to test yourself if you just want to see how you’re going. If you want to do public exams to graduate then you simply enter yourself as a private candidate.

Go to www.hslda.org and find out the laws for homeschooling in your state. It will tell you all you have to do.

depends on the state. our cover school has an admisistrator she administers the test

contact your local public school..generally you would have to go through a program through them or they will direct you to one

in my town they have someone from the school come to your house and give you tests at the end of every semester…but yours may be different

look into online schooling