Homeschool Help

Helpful Information on Learning Styles and Curriculum

LEARNING STYLES ASSESSMENT, CAREER, DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

• Bindrim Testing & Educational Services-

  1063 Carriage Trail, Rocky Mount, NC 27804, 252 -451-0118 or follow the link to see all the educational resources they offer- tutoring, specializing in special needs students.

• Cabarrus - PSAT-

  Register by September 1st - Homeschool students who wish to test can do so at CCS' PLC High School. Please contact Cheryl Brooks, counselor at PLC: Phone: 704-795-7074 or Email: cheryl.brooks@cabarrus.k12.nc.us

• Career Assessment - Helpful Free-

  The MAPP career assessment is perfect for students, graduates and working adults. You'll get a wealth of information to help find the right career that matches your unique assessment profile.

• Career Direct - BJU-

  $75 Career Assessment Online - Choose the most appropriate module: Career Maximization, Educational, or Occupational.

• Christian Liberty Press - Testing-

  Will recommend curriculum based on your student's assesment - $18

• College Math Placement Test Prep-

  Helps you test out of college math - extensive information on placement tests for many colleges.

• Covenant Education Services-

  Annual Tests: PIAT-R, WJIII, and WRAT are tests which are administered in a one-on-one setting. Individualized results in less time. Tutoring & Consultation available. Assessments for learning disabilities including:

  • Parent interview
  • Child Symptom Inventory
  • Language Based Learning Differences Diagnostic Inventory (LDDI)
  • Beery-Buktenica Development Test of Visual-Motor Integration, 5th Edition
  • Slosson IQ
  • Peabody Individualized Achievement Test - Revised (PIAT-R)
  • Phonemic Awareness Diagnostic Inventory
  • Jordan Dyslexia Assessment
  • Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL2)

  Discounts and Service Information are at their website - apply for an appointment online. Located in Wilson, NC, but testing at other locations as well. Call 252-281-4788 for questions.

• Diagnostic Prescriptive Assessment-

  Readiness Assessment / The Diagnostic Prescriptive Assessment by Jill J. Dixon, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. is a  diagnostic test available in six separate assessments for grades K-5. Each test is a 4-in-1 tool: (1) a diagnostic test (2) an effective pre-assessment for grade placement (3) a scope & sequence of objectives for each grade level (4) a yearly evaluation, portfolio, and Individual Educational Plan. NOTE: not a nationally normed test for the purposes of meeting the NC yearly testing requirements. $15.98 for each test.

• Discover Your Child's Learning Style - Book-

  Not an affiliate link - just a book that I think is the most well rounded about learning style, personality, multiple intelligences and preferences. Great way to get to know your kids and how to guide their learning at home.  Includes assessments you can use to choose curriculum and/or decide what educational philosophy suits your family best.

• Foundations Educational Services-

  2101 Piney Grove Wilbon Rd., Holly Springs, NC 27540 Specializing in the Woodcock-Johnson Achievement Battery. Remedial intervention in spelling, reading, penmanship, and math for students in grades 1-8, support and accountability in implementing and continuing Brain Integration Therapy throughout your school year. Call 919-758-0811, or EMAIL Dawn if you have questions about testing, tutoring and homeschool consultation services.

• Free Career Test-

  You have to register at their site.

• Free Homeschooling 101 - Placement Test Info.-

  Listings of FREE placement tests for most subjects.

• Holland Test - Free Interest/Career Test
• Information on Career Placement Assessments-

  Details about the types of inventories and tests available to help you decide about your future career.

• IXL - Online Diagnostic Testing-

  IXL's Continuous Diagnostic tells you exactly what each student knows, and precisely what to do next, so you can help students learn more efficiently.  IXL's Continuous Diagnostic gathers as much information as possible about students' knowledge in order to recommend the skills that will challenge them at just the right level and help them grow the most. By using IXL to direct students to what they are most ready for at any given point in time, you'll help them achieve more, faster. Keep up with ever-progressing students as students develop. IXL's Continuous Diagnostic ensures you won't miss a thing. With regular IXL skill practice and just a handful of diagnostic questions each week (questions that are actually fun!), you'll always have a vividly accurate profile of any student available the moment you need it. Receive a unique action plan for each learner. IXL's Continuous Diagnostic helps you stay one step ahead by outlining what students can work on to take their learning to the next level. IXL's personalized game plans for individuals and small groups build on IXL's rich content and allow you to get started immediately.

• Language Diagnostic Assessment-

  With Remedial Strategies for grades K-5

• Learning Personality Quiz
• Learning Style - Online Quiz-

  Twenty question online assessment to help your student figure out their learning style.

• Learning Styles Inventory-

  Online quiz evaluates tendency towards one of three basic learning styles - Auditory, Visual, Tactile

• Learning Styles Inventory - Print File-

  You can download and print this quiz out and score it for your student yourself. The Quiz includes a description of the styles and suggestions about how to work within strengths and weaknesses of each learning style.

• Learning Styles Test - With Learning Strategies-

  Learning Styles Descriptions: http://www.whatismylearningstyle.com/learning-styles.html

• Multiple Intelligences Assessment-

  Quiz shows strengths in areas of intelligence: linguistic, intrapersonal, logical, nature, visual-spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic.  Also Take a Look at the info on Multiple Intelligences: http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-introduction - Redefining Smart!

• Personality Test-

  This free personality test is based on Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers’ personality type theory.

• Salem Educational Assessment Services-

  (Link will open to SEAS email) Salem Educational Assessment Services offers professional educational support to homeschooling families and co-ops. Services provided include administration of the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement, educational therapy, and group educational therapy for students with learning challenges. Leslieann Gourley is an ACSI certified WJIII administrator and NILD Level 2 educational therapist intern, as well as a homeschool veteran of twenty years. Call her at 251-8887 or email her at the link above.

• Testing & Educational Services-

  Year end testing for homeschoolers for groups and individuals. BASI and Woodcock Johnson, Diagnostic Testing and Tutoring Services:

  • individualized tutoring
  • specialized reading instruction for those with delays or dyslexia
  • achievement testing that shows grade equivalency
  • diagnostic reading tests to assess gaps and determine interventions
  • dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia screening
  • consultations to provide understanding or training for parents

   

• TestPoint Achievement Tests-

  2100 River Haven Drive, Suite 210, Birmingham, AL 35244, Call 888-988-5884, or follow the link to visit their website for information about placement testing, achievement tests and assessments, online testing for grades 1-12.

• Testpoint Placement Test-

  Will help you pinpoint a grade level for your student if you want one - $18. NOTE: Not a Nationally Normed achievement test for NC testing requirements.

• VARK Questionnaire-

  Quizzes you on personal learning style/preferences. including: aural, visual, kinesthetic, reading/writing. Great Quiz is free - you can get an in depth profile with suggestions for just $15

• What Should I Major In? --

  After completing a short assessment, you will be presented with recommended majors that appear to fit you best.

• Your Academic Success Testing Service - Piedmont Area of NC-

  Your Academic Success Testing Service - Melanie Todd is a WILSON Dyslexia Practitioner. Standardized Achievement Testing with the Woodcock Johnson IV,  the newest version. Also offers Dyslexia Testing and Visual Processing Evaluations and Vision Therapy for eye disorders that affect learning. Contact Melanie at 336-239-5529 or EMAIL HERE.