Ask a (secular) home schooler

[Aroura]

Hi again!

I know from my mother who is a part time (retired) home school coordinator that the rigours of the paper work can be daunting. Have you found any restrictions to the academic curriculum you chose for you child with you school district?

I live in Oregon, so we have extremely lax homeschooling laws.  This is a mixed bag.  I wish there was more oversight, because I see some home schoolers that basically just don't do anything (not joking, sadly), but it allows me the freedom to select curriculum based on what I think my child will do best with, and our rather modest HS budget.  We aren't even required to log hours taught!  

So, the school district really has no say in what I teach. 

I'm worried about the testing that will come at the end of next year.  Not because I don't think my kid will do well, exactly, but because of all the prep-work, paperwork (as you say, a nightmare), and well...what if I miss something big in her education?  I'm not a trained educator, so I'm relying a lot on things like Dibels and Khan Academy to make sure I'm teaching the things that will get her to pass that test.
I hate "teaching to test", and I don't really focus on it, but it's got to be in what I teach, you know?  Ah, it makes me nervous just thinking about it.