Homeschool Testing in Georgia

Required hours

About 810 hrs/year

School days

180 days/year

Required subjects

5 subjects

Notice

Required each year

Testing / evaluation

Standardized testing

Recordkeeping

Required

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

Does Georgia require testing?

Georgia requires a nationally standardized test at least once every three years, starting at the end of third grade. You may give it yourself, in consultation with a person trained in administering and interpreting norm-referenced tests (O.C.G.A. 20-2-690(c)(7)). Scores stay with the family and are not submitted to the state. Since July 2025, a school system that offers the PSAT, SAT, PreACT, ACT, ASVAB or an AP exam to its own students must make it available to home study students in grades 6 to 12 who live in the system (O.C.G.A. 20-2-324.8).

What kind of assessment Georgia accepts

Georgia looks for a nationally normed standardized test, such as the Iowa (ITBS), Stanford, or CAT. These can often be administered at home by an approved proctor or through an online testing service. Keep the score report once it comes back.

When assessments happen

In Georgia, 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 Georgia'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. Georgia 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 Georgia

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

• Hours toward your 810-hour goal
• Required subjects
• Days attended
• The records Georgia asks you to keep
• Standardized testing
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking

More Georgia guides

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