The Washington State Home-Based Instruction Law offers parents two methods to meet the annual testing requirement. One, your child can be tested using a State Board of Education-approved standardized achievement test. Or two, an assessment of your child’s academic progress can be written by a certificated teacher currently working in the field of education. The testing requirement is for homeschooled children between the ages of 8 and 18.

Homeschool Test Service can help you meet this state requirement.  Click on Locations & Dates to find a location near you.

An excerpt from June 2003 WHO's news:  A young man from Spokane almost was denied entrance into the Navy because the recruiter felt he had not been in compliance with the Washington Home-based Education Law during his homeschooling years. The following has been excerpted from the June 2002 WHO's News by permission from his mother, who authored the article. "The bottom line was that because we didn't have Tim tested every year of his high school education, as Washington State law requires, Tim's education credentials were not accepted by the Navy. Fortunately, however, Tim was still able to enlist in the Navy.....Here is my advice to other homeschooling families: Follow the law! It's very important to adhere as best you can to the requirements of your state's homeschooling laws every year that you choose to homeschool."