A while back. Read it on www.SoundPolitics.com. They (Olympia) were trying to integrate home schooled kids into the mix because the home schooled kids always scored higher on tests but were separated out. Don’t know where it went though.
SCREW THEM!!!
When I first started homeschooling in Oregon 17 years ago, we had to register and test every year and file the test results with the Educational Service District.
Then they changed it to test every other year, then on the same schedule as the public schools.
We are now supposed to keep the scores “available” rather than file them with ESD. The assumption is that they don’t want the records available to journalists or the public. If they don’t collect and collate them, then they don’t have the information to provide upon request. “Sorry, we don’t keep those records”.
HS were kicking the PS butts on statewide testing, makes for bad publicity when they want raise taxes “for the chilrun”.