What Minnesota actually asks of a family teaching their own children. Written plainly, and honest where the answer is that nobody asks for anything.
United StatesFiling requiredWho is in charge
Resident school district superintendent
Who actually reviews your child
The district superintendent, for filing. Test results are reviewed only if requested.
By 1 October of the first year, or within 15 days of withdrawing the child from public school
How often: one-time (first year)
Goes to: Resident district superintendent
Includes the child's name, birth date and address, the annual tests intended to be used, the name of each instructor, and evidence of the instructor's qualification under ยง 120A.22 subd. 10.
By 1 October each subsequent year
Goes to: Resident district superintendent
Reports any change of name, birthday or address and the tests intended for the coming year.
n/a
Goes to: KEPT BY THE PARENT, results are not submitted unless the superintendent requests them
A nationally norm-referenced achievement test must be administered every year.
Filing on time is the easy half. The harder half is the year in between: showing what your child actually learned, in words the reviewer recognises, without turning your home into a school.
That is what this app is for. You say what your child did, in a sentence. It maps that to the real curriculum for Minnesota and builds the record you can hand over the day someone asks. See how it works.