HOW-TO's & RESOURCES

In West Virginia, homeschoolers provide their children with “instruction in reading, language, mathematics, science and social studies” as well as an annual assessment. Parents or guardians are responsible for providing the instruction, not the public schools.

Getting Started is simple:

1. Turn in a Notification of Intent (a waiting period is no longer required)
   1. Common NOI questions answered here

   The WV homeschooling law, part 18-8-1 (c)(2) requires that each home-educated child of compulsory age be assessed every year in reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies. Parents must maintain copies of each student’s academic assessment for three years. The assessment results for students in 3rd, 5th, 8th, and 11th grades must be submitted to the county by June 30.

   The annual assessment can be

   • a standardized achievement test nationally normed within the last ten years, or
   • the testing program currently in use in the WV public schools and administered in a public school (not recommended by WVHEA), or
   • a written narrative prepared by a certified teacher (commonly called the “ portfolio review ”), or
   • an alternative assessment agreed to by the county superintendent (not recommended by WVHEA).

   Files

   WV Homeschooling
   Booklet

   WVHEA Attendance Verification

   Homeschool Notice
   of Intent Form

   Mary Ellen Sullivan

   Notice of Termination

   WV Home Educators Association
   Teays, WV 25569