The other day, Kelly’s old government school sent us the results of Kelly’s Statewide Assessments for Reading and Literature and for Mathematics. I got onto the Oregon Department of Education web site to see how to evaluate the tests. Kelly scored significantly higher than the material the school was making a half-hearted attempt to teach her. It was a super confirmation that it is not just for reasons of socialization that it is good to be home schooling the kids, but for academic reasons, too. Although we have not received any tests for Christian, I am sure it is equally as true for him.

Lorena takes what is being called a proficiency test today. She will also get the results from her previous test. If she has passed the test she already took and does well on the proficiency test, all she has is one more test to assure that she gets through algebra with a passing grade. I am sure she can do it. She has been working VERY hard and I am quite proud of her.