WHAT DO STANDARDS MEAN FOR MY HOMESCHOOL?

<p>When we're thinking about standards, it's common to worry our children will be behind. The good news is that it's easy to know what your state standards are because they are very clear and published online. You can compare your curriculum to the standards and reassure yourself that you're covering all the bases.&nbsp;</p> <p>QUOTABLES&nbsp;</p> <p>Lynn: "Again, don't be afraid of the standards, it's just a measure by which each state wants to make sure that they're doting their Is and crossing their t's so that they know that they're educating with the funds that they're given federally and state wide. That's the reason of their concern, and that's one of the things that we just need to do when you get that educationally-funded monies for your curriculum. If you're a traditional homeschool family that isn't getting any funding, of course you want to make sure your kids are being educated. So perhaps you do your testing but you really probably don't need to follow a state standard. It's those people and the families that are using that government funding that they do need to make sure that they're hitting those standards."</p> <p>TIMESTAMPS</p> <p>03:54 Schools are accredited, but curriculum is not.&nbsp;</p> <p>04:52 Standards are set by states. Homeschoolers really don't have to follow them in most cases. But some homeschoolers do like to follow standards. Or some families who homeschool through a charter (like in California) do have to meet standards.&nbsp;</p> <p>09:20 You can look up your state's standards online.&nbsp;</p> <p>10:13 Lynn shares how different BookShark programs meet California standards.&nbsp;</p> <p>12:32 Coming in 2021, BookShark is releasing an updated Science that meets <strong>Next Generation Science Standards </strong>(NGSS).</p> <p>14:40 For parents who are temporarily homeschooling and expect to put their kids back in public school, keeping up with standards is important.&nbsp;</p> <p>17:33 Lynn tells the story of a homeschool mom who thought she was doing a bad job, so she put her