Homeschool Testing in Colorado

Required hours

About 688 hrs/year

School days

172 days/year

Required subjects

9 subjects

Notice

Required each year

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing or evaluation)

Recordkeeping

Required

Jump to the full Colorado requirements for plain-English detail on each of these.

Does Colorado require testing?

Colorado requires a nationally standardized achievement test or an evaluation by a qualified person when your child reaches grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. A qualified person is a Colorado-licensed teacher, a teacher at an independent or parochial school, a licensed psychologist, or someone with a graduate degree in education. Results go to the school district that received your notice, or to a Colorado independent or parochial school, in which case you tell that district the school's name.

What kind of assessment Colorado accepts

Colorado lets you choose how to demonstrate progress. The usual options are a nationally normed standardized test, a portfolio reviewed by a certified teacher, or a professional evaluation. Pick whichever fits your family; you don't have to use the same method every year.

When assessments happen

In Colorado, assessment is expected at specified grade levels. Put the window on your calendar so testing or evaluation doesn't sneak up at year end, and plan to keep the result with your records once it's done.

If scores fall short

A low score usually isn't an automatic problem. States that require testing typically ask that you keep the results and, if scores fall below a set level, work with your child and reassess the following year rather than ending the homeschool. Check Colorado's specific threshold, but a single low result rarely undoes your homeschool on its own.

Keeping your assessment records

Keep every score report or evaluation with the date and the test or evaluator's name. Colorado may ask to see them, and they're useful for your own records and for college applications later. Homeschool Fox stores results alongside your hours and activity log so everything lives in one place.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for Colorado

The records Colorado asks you to keep, plus the rest of your year, in one place. No spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Hours toward your 688-hour goal
• Required subjects
• Days attended
• The records Colorado asks you to keep
• Parent's choice (testing or evaluation)
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking

More Colorado guides

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