Home School
State Testing Requests
For information for private school students requesting to test, please go to the Private School Testing page.
Home Education State Testing
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
In order for home education students to participate in testing, they will need to complete the online registration process.
July 10 - 21, 2023: BEST Algebra 1, BEST Geometry, NGSSS Biology 1, NGSSS Civics, NGSSS U.S. History EOCs
The deadline to register for this window is Friday, June 16.
Once the student is registered you will receive an email confirming the registration. You will be contacted by your student's zoned school to receive specific testing dates and times. There is no guarantee that we will be able to test students outside the date(s) and time(s) offered by the zoned school.
You can access the online registration form here.
STUDENTS REQUIRING ACCOMMODATIONS:
If a student requires an accommodation for testing, the student’s official current Individual Education Plan (IEP) or English Language Learner (ELL) status must be included with the Accommodations Form (DOWNLOAD IT HERE). This information MUST be submitted with the request form above, or mailed to the Office of Evaluation, Accountability, and Analytics and received at least two weeks prior to testing.
Mail:
ATTN: Todd Spina
Office of Evaluation, Accountability, and Analytics
620 E. University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
PROPER IDENTIFICATION:
Home education students participating in State testing will be required to bring photo-identification to verify their identity on the day of testing. On the testing day, the student and parent must have picture identification to sign in for the test administration. Parents should have a government issued ID and a student must have a school issued picture ID or other government issued photo ID. No other forms of picture ID will be accepted.
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS:
Please make arrangements prior to testing to pick up your student from the test site. Please note that a contact number must be provided for cases of emergency.
ONLINE PRACTICE TEST:
Students are required to practice using an online test prior to the test. All students must take an online practice test prior to arriving to the test site for each EOC test. The practice tests can be found here.
Should you have further assessment related questions please contact:
Todd Spina (spinatj@gm.sbac.edu)
Should you any home education or school choice related questions please contact: