Scope And Sequence
Many homeschoolers use the Common Core State Standards to learn “educationalese” for filling out reports or required plans. While homeschooled students are not required to follow Common Core, they will compete in the future for jobs and college placement with students who have been educated to these standards. So, when homeschooling, try to do better than standard!
The links below and to the left are to state department of education pages with content standards in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK, and Canada. These are useful to those who wish to homeschool for a short period of time, and wish their children to go as slow as the school system, so they won’t master subjects beyond their grade level and be too advanced to be happy back in a regular classroom.
Another thought: why settle for lowly state standards? Call or write the fanciest, highest-priced, private schools in your state or nearby. Pretend you are considering enrollment. Ask for a copy of their curriculum standards. Often these are also online. Here’s the course catalog for the Head-Royce School, in Oakland, California, for example. See the Table of Contents for each grade level on the left side of their page.
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