Homeschool Testing Resources
Homeschool Minnesota - MÂCHÉ is here to help you with all your homeschooling needs - including finding resources and contacts for the annual testing requirements as outlined in the Minnesota state requirements. Please use the resources below to assist you on your homeschooling journey!
BAYSIDE SCHOOL SERVICES
- Address: P. O. Box 250, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
- Phone: 800-723-3057
- Website: www.baysideschoolservices.com
- E-mail: orders@baysideschoolservices.com
- Test available: CTBS TerraNova; California Achievement Test CAT/5, grades K-12
CHRISTIAN LIBERTY ACADEMY
- Address: 502 W. Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
- Phone: 800-832-2741
- Website: www.christianlibertypress.com
- E-mail: custserv@homeschools.org
- Test available: California Achievement Test (CAT) grades 2-12, 1970 version. Tests are offered online or paper
FAMILY LEARNING ORGANIZATION
- Address: P. O. Box 1750, Mead, WA 99021-1750
- Phone: 509-467-2552 or 800-405-8378
- Website: www.familylearning.org
- E-mail: homeschool@familylearning.org
- Tests available: California Achievement Test, Fifth Edition (CAT/5).
SETON SCHOOL
- Address: 1350 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA 22630
- Phone: 800-542-1066
- Website: www.setontesting.com
- E-mail: testing@setontesting.com
- Tests available: California Achievement Test K-12
CAT 6 TerraNova
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Address: BJU Press Customer Service, Greenville, SC 29614-0062
- Phone: 1-800-845-5731 or 1-864-242-5100 ext. 3300 (questions only)
- Website: www.bjupress.com
- E-mail: bjupinfo@bjupress.com
- Tests available: Iowa Test of Basic Skills-ITBS (K-12), Iowa Test of Educational Development (K-12), and Stanford Achievement Test-SAT (K-12)
TRIANGLE EDUCATION ASSESSMENTS
- Address: 5512 Merlon Station Drive, Apex, NC 27539
- Phone: 1-877-843-8837
- Website: www.triangleed.com
- Tests available: The Iowa Tests: Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) for grades K – 8, Iowa Test of Educational Development (grades 9-11/12)
MINNESOTA STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM (University of Minnesota)
- Address: 103 University Stores So., 879 - 29th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
- Phone: 612-626-1803
- Website: http://oms.umn.edu/mstp
- Tests available: Iowa Tests (ITBS) K-8; (ITED) grades 9-12
- Interest inventories (8-12): IDEAS and Career Assessment Inventory (CAI)
SETON SCHOOL
- Address: 1350 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA 22630
- Phone: 800-542-1066
- Website: www.setontesting.com
- E-mail: testing@setontesting.com
- Tests available: Iowa Tests (ITBS) K-8; (ITED) grades 9-12
HEWITT HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES
- Address: 2103 Main Street, Washougal, WA 98671
- Phone: 800-348-1750
- Website: www.hewitthomeschooling.com
- E-mail: sales@hewitthomeschooling.com
- Tests available: Personalized Achievement Summary System Test (PASS), Grades 3-8
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Address: BJU Press Customer Service, Greenville, SC 29614-0062
- Phone: 1-800-845-5731 or 1-864-242-5100 ext. 3300 (questions only)
- Website: www.bjupress.com
- E-mail: bjupinfo@bjupress.com
- Tests available: Iowa Test of Basic Skills-ITBS (K-12), Iowa Test of Educational Development (K-12), and Stanford Achievement Test-SAT (K-12)
The Peabody is a standardized, nationally norm-referenced K-12 achievement test, individually administered by a trained examiner. Assessments are completed in the following content areas: reading, math, spelling, science, social studies and humanities. The subtests and composite scores are calculated immediately. The test is oral in format and almost conversational in tone. The Peabody takes 60-90 minutes to administer, but the exam is not timed.
Each child is assessed using the material appropriate to their age and level of accomplishment, working toward higher material until they answer incorrectly a target number of consecutive items. This stopping point establishes their learning threshold, and errors in the critical range are subtracted from the peak score. This allows children to rise to their level of ability without restricting their test level to a grade-specific range.
Test administrators may vary in their fees, testing location, and availability. Please inquire specifically when setting your appointment. Testing can be done year round, although it is best to contact a tester in the summer or fall to ensure availability for the coming school year.
PLEASE NOTE:
- The following is a partial listing of test administrators
- This listing is informational only and not an endorsement of any of the following services.
- "Travel" indicates that the test administrator will travel to the testing site.
- "Skype" indicates that the test administrator will use Skype for testing in outlying areas.
Jodi Cordell
- Area Served: Pine City (and within 50-mile radius)
- Travel: Yes
- Phone: 715-689-2255
- Email: wjaer@grantsburgtelcom.net
Julie Gawarecki
- Area Served: Rochester and southeast Minnesota
- Travel: Yes
- Phone: 507-533-1072
- Email: stargazer@cjfamily.org
Patricia Grothe
- Area Served: North Metro Area
- Travel: Yes
- Phone: 651-433-4065
- Email: grothepat@gmail.com
Lynn Hackbarth BS: Elem Ed, MA: Special Ed
- Area Served: Hutchinson/West Metro
- Travel: Yes
- Phone: 612-209-0503
- Homeschooler Email: lhackbarth@yahoo.com
Roxie Stone BS Elem. Ed., MA Curriculum Instr.
- Area Served: Metro, Statewide and Worldwide by Zoom
- Travel: Yes
- Zoom: Yes
- Phone: 612-272-3247
- Email: roxie13zol@gmail.com
Louise Van Bergen
- Area Served: Rockford, Buffalo, Corcoran, Delano, Rogers, Otsego, West Hennepin County
- Travel: No
- Phone: 763-477-4545
- Email: acornedu@aol.com
Rhonda van Bergen
- Travel: No
- Phone: 612-859-1478
Judy Vermeulen
- Area Served: Metro Area
- Travel: Yes, 20 miles
- Skype: Yes
- Phone: 651-210-9255
- Email: TestingByJudy@aol.com
Lynn Jorud
- Area Served: Central MN and out-state
- Travel: Yes
- Skype and Zoom: Yes (statewide and nationally)
- Telephone: 320-339-9959 (call or text)
- Email: jorud.lynn@gmail.com
Kim Witthuhn
- Area Served: Metro Area
- Travel: Yes
- Zoom: Yes (statewide and nationally)
- Phone: 952-484-9709
- Email: kimwitthuhn@comcast.net
The Woodcock Johnson is a nationally normed, standardized achievement test. It is untimed, non-bracketed (yielding true Grade Equivalency scores) with grade content pre-K->17.9 that is administered individually. It is an oral test (interview-style) with written components in Math (scratch paper) and Spelling is a dictation. The WJ-IV has been most recently normed and has 7 subtests including individual scoring for the expanded Science, Social Studies & Humanities sections.
PRIVATE TEST ADMINISTRATORS – WOODCOCK JOHNSON TESTS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Lynn Hackbarth BS: Elem Ed, MA: Spec Ed
- Area Served: Hutchinson/West Metro
- Travel: Yes
- Phone: 612-209-0503
- Email: lhackbarth@yahoo.com
Terri Finch
- Testing via Zoom or in-person in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul.
- Travel: No
- Phone: 651-395-8657
- Email: Terri@GoldfinchEd.com
