Homeschool Testing in Virginia

Required hours

No state minimum

Required subjects

Your choice

Notice

Required each year

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing or evaluation)

Recordkeeping

Recommended

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

Does Virginia require testing?

Virginia requires evidence of academic progress filed with the division superintendent by August 1 after each year of home instruction. Options are a composite score in or above the fourth stanine (about the 23rd percentile) on a nationally normed achievement test or an equivalent ACT, SAT, or PSAT score, or an evaluation the superintendent accepts, such as a letter from a licensed teacher or someone with a master's degree who knows the child's work, or a report card or transcript from a college, college distance program, or home-education correspondence school. A child under 6 on September 30 of the school year is exempt.

What kind of assessment Virginia accepts

Virginia 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 Virginia, assessment is expected annually. 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 Virginia'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. Virginia 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 Virginia

Virginia leaves the records to you. Keep them in one place anyway. No spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Parent's choice (testing or evaluation)
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking
• High school transcripts

More Virginia guides

Comparing states? See how all 16 states that require testing or evaluation compare.

• Virginia Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• Homeschooling High School in Virginia Credits, GPA, transcripts, and graduation.
• Record Keeping in Virginia What to document, how to organize it, and staying compliant.
• How to Withdraw From School in Virginia The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to Virginia What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Virginia Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.
• Virginia Year End Report What goes in it, when it's due, and who reviews it.