What does your state actually require?
Homeschool assessment law, state by state — what the statute says, with citations, not folklore. Grouped by how demanding each state’s testing language is.
Nationally normed test required · 7
Where testing is the chosen route, the law asks for a test backed by a genuine national norming study — the strictest phrase a statute uses.
- Floridaannual (evaluation; test is 1 of 5 options)
- Hawaiigrades 3, 5, 8, 10 (+ annual report; test is 1 of 4 methods)
- Minnesotaannual, ages 7–16 (accredited-program exemption)
- North Dakotagrades 4, 6, 8, 10 (broadly exemptible)
- Pennsylvaniagrades 3, 5, 8
- Virginiaannual, age 6+ (by Aug 1)
- West Virginiaannual assessment; results submitted grades 3, 5, 8, 11 (by June 30)
Nationally standardized test required · 3
The law asks for a nationally standardized achievement test, without demanding a national norming study by name.
Norm-referenced test required · 1
The law asks for a commercially published norm-referenced test.
Standardized test required · 7
Any published standardized achievement test can qualify — the loosest testing language on the books.
- Louisianaannual renewal (BESE home-study path; test is 1 of 3 renewal options)
- Maineannual (assessment due Sept 1 with subsequent-year letter; test is 1 of 5 options)
- Massachusettsper district-approved home education plan (case law)
- New Hampshireannual evaluation (test is 1 of 4 options); results retained, not submitted
- Oregongrades 3, 5, 8, 10 (by Aug 15)
- Vermontannual assessment (test is 1 of 5 options); records kept at home
- Washingtonannual
State’s own test only · 2
Only the state’s own assessment program counts; no commercial test satisfies the statute.
No testing requirement · 30
No standardized-testing requirement for homeschooling families.
- Alabamanothing required
- Alaskanothing required
- Arizonanothing required
- Arkansasnothing required
- Californianothing required
- Connecticutnothing required
- Delawarenothing required
- Idahonothing required
- Illinoisnothing required
- Indiananothing required
- Iowanothing required
- Kansasnothing required
- Kentuckynothing required
- Marylandnothing required
- Michigannothing required
- Mississippinothing required
- Missourinothing required
- Montananothing required
- Nebraskanothing required
- Nevadanothing required
- New Jerseynothing required
- New Mexiconothing required
- Ohionothing required
- Oklahomanothing required
- Rhode Islandnothing required
- South Dakotanothing required
- Texasnothing required
- Utahnothing required
- Wisconsinnothing required
- Wyomingnothing required