Homeschool Idaho
TESTING
Homeschool Idaho Online & Paper Testing
2023 REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!
Homeschool Idaho is excited to be partnering with BJU Press Testing and Evaluation to offer the Iowa Assessments from the comfort of your own home!
Convenient
- Select dates available for online testing
- Set your own test date for paper tests
- Results in 10 days for online testers
- Submit data and payment directly to BJU Press Testing and Evaluation
- Test administrator provided by BJU Press for online testing
Affordable
- Receive a 10% discount on The Iowa Assessments™ purchased through our Parent Portal (See Online and Phone ordering instructions on this page.)
- No shipping costs for online tests
Options
- Online testing – fastest return of results
- Paper testing – most flexible test dates, greater administrator qualifications
- Cognitive Abilities Testing (CogAT) Learn more about the CogAT
Private
- Your privacy is of utmost importance to us, and individual test scores and student data will, as always, remain confidential. BJU Press provides Homeschool Idaho a report of Idaho testing families. This allows us to continue to showcase to legislators the high test scores of Idaho home educated students.
Questions? Contact info@homeschoolidaho.org.
Join the 2023 Academic Achievement Study
Quality research is a powerful tool in protecting homeschool freedom. When you test with us, you have the opportunity to join a nationwide study researching academic achievement among homeschoolers. The study is optional, and participants remain anonymous. See how to join our study!
Testing Schedule
- 2023 online test dates
- Register at least two weeks ahead of desired online testing date.
- When ordering paper tests, set your own test date, and order four weeks prior to desired date.
Online Ordering Instructions
- Log in here to access the Homeschool Idaho Parent Portal.
- Use Homeschool Idaho’s ID number to log in: E9348EMF
- Questions? Download step-by-step Standardized Testing online ordering instructions.
- If you are ordering the paper version of the Iowa Assessment, please see additional requirements.
Phone Ordering Instructions
- Call BJU Press directly at (800) 845-5731 to order your test(s).
- Connect to Testing & Evaluation Dept.
- Ask to be included in Homeschool Idaho’s group
- Use Homeschool Idaho’s ID number: E9348EMF
Why Test?
In Idaho, there is no law requiring testing for home educated students.
While completely optional, there are many benefits of having your child take a standardized test through Homeschool Idaho and BJU Press.
PROTECT HOMESCHOOL FREEDOM
The high test scores achieved by Idaho’s home educated students were fundamental to the passage of Idaho’s homeschool law in 2009. By utilizing BJU Press for your standardized testing, Idaho homeschool families can still contribute to the group data we include in charts each year. This will allow Homeschool Idaho to continue reminding the Idaho legislature of the academic excellence of private home education.
The generally high test scores of Idaho’s homeschool students provides concrete evidence to both legislators and the public that private home schooling succeeds without government funding or oversight.
Your participation is encouraged, not only for your own information, but to continue to safeguard our freedoms.
LEARN TEST-TAKING SUCCESS
Following directions, relaxing under pressure, pacing oneself, and completing work in an allotted time are all great skills that can be honed through taking tests.
Testing can be a valuable preparation for college entrance exams such as the ACT and SAT.
WE PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY
The charts of test scores shown to Idaho legislators are combined scores of homeschool students statewide, never individual scores. Only a compilation of all student scores will be shared at our annual Legislative Day.
PROVIDE A BENCHMARK
Standardized tests indicate how your child compares academically to other children at his grade level.
We have the privilege of seeing our children learn in their own unique ways on a day-to-day basis. However, it is beneficial in certain circumstances to assess a child’s year-to-year development of learning. Homeschool Idaho provides a convenient, private way to meet the need for testing data if it should become necessary for your family.
GRADUATION HONORS
Students in grades 9-12 with a complete composite score of the 90th percentile or higher qualify as Homeschool Idaho Summa Cum Laude Scholars. A score between the 80th and 89th percentile qualifies as a Magna Cum Laude Scholar. Honor designations earned during the 10th-12th year entitle graduates to wear a white (Summa) or gold (Magna) honor cord at the Homeschool Idaho Graduation Ceremony.
DUAL ENROLLMENT QUALIFICATION
To be eligible for certain dual enrollment opportunities in Idaho public schools, principals or athletic directors may ask to review standardized test results.
The 2022 Composite Numbers
Here you’ll find the The Iowa Assessments™ compiled scores for Idaho homeschoolers in 2022. As you can see, the median composite test score for all of our homeschooled students who were tested was at the 80th percentile, 30 percentile points higher than typical public school student scores.
- Composite Score – 8o%
- Reading – 87%
- Language – 88%
- Mathematics – 70%