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Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Cheating on testsby Andrea Hermitt | More from this Blogger Were you aware that students print cheat sheets in a very small font, then tape them to the inside of a water bottle label. The water magnifies the text, and walla! They get an easy A? Were you aware that students scan a coke label, and then edit in a graphic design program to have information on the exam instead of the ingredients? Neither did I? Did you know that you can purchase a pen that you can tape cheat information in and each time you click the barrel, it reveals more information? I am amazed. Did you know you can make cheat sheets that are practically invisible using printed information, box tape, and water? Then you can stick the cheat sheet to almost anything? As homeschoolers this is just not necessary. Our kids don't have to cheat because we don't bombard them with tests. Even when we do test them, it is just to see what we need to re-teach or what we might have missed. These no-pressure low-stakes tastes are used to evaluate, but not to punish them for not absorbing all of the information the first time. While homeschoolers may not agree on testing, they can agree that testing in the homeschool is much more effective than testing in a traditional school setting. Objectively Evaluating My Perfect and Precious Darlings Review, Evaluation, and Adjustment Test Anxiety and the Homeschooler The Purpose of a Standardized Test Why My Kids Haven't Taken a Test Yet Other reasons I am glad we homeschool Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Cheating Reasons I am Glad We Homeschool: Political Bullying Reasons I am Glad We Homeschool: Gateway Tests Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Hit a Jew Day Reasons I am glad we homeschool: Electronic monitoring Reasons I am Glad We Homeschool: Year Round School Reasons I Am Glad We Homeschool: Bad Days Learn more about Andrea Hermitt  Andrea Hermitt is a native New Yorker currently residing in GA. She has been married for over 16 years and has two teenage children. Relevant homeschooling tags |
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