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Free Assessment Tests

The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) is online for free!  These tests will give you a good idea of how your homeschooled children are doing compared to the national (or, Texas?) average student. 

I'll add a screenshot of the available exams, below.  It's a bit blurry, but gives you an idea of what to look for when you arrive at the TAKS site:

 

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A Favorite Free Quiz Assessment Site

When I want to assess where our kids are at in school, or for the sure cure of Summer boredom, I send them to ThatQuiz.org, where they can take a timed or numbered quiz in just about any math subject as well as in a few vocabulary and geography areas (you can also view tests that other teachers have created). 

That Quiz describes the site:

The most complete math test resource on the web today with over 2 million graded exams to date and over 300,000 participating students.  What we believe in: Clean, quality, easily accessible, educational software for every school and child regardless of geographic location or economic class.  What we don't believe in: Games, advertising, fees, spam or gimmicks. That Quiz is free for educational use.

To Register or Not to Register:

All users have access to all of the tests without registration. There is no reason for students to register, since the additional features are only useful for teachers. Registration is free and teachers who register receive complete record-keeping of student grades. They have access to more precise test-generation tools, can create single tests with questions from different categories, can create matching and multiple choice questions, and can access a public test library.

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When I want to assess where our kids are at in school, or for the sure cure of Summer boredom, I send them to ThatQuiz.org, where they can take a timed or numbered quiz in just about any math subject as well as in a few vocabulary and geography areas (you can also view tests that other teachers have created). 

That Quiz describes the site:

The most complete math test resource on the web today with over 2 million graded exams to date and over 300,000 participating students.  What we believe in: Clean, quality, easily accessible, educational software for every school and child regardless of geographic location or economic class.  What we don't believe in: Games, advertising, fees, spam or gimmicks. That Quiz is free for educational use.

To Register or Not to Register:

All users have access to all of the tests without registration. There is no reason for students to register, since the additional features are only useful for teachers. Registration is free and teachers who register receive complete record-keeping of student grades. They have access to more precise test-generation tools, can create single tests with questions from different categories, can create matching and multiple choice questions, and can access a public test library.

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Free Flashcards for Learning - K-12 through College

Free World U offers education through online flashcards.  They write, "The purpose of electronic flashcards is to enable students to master a large mass of course content. Flashcards are more than memory tools. They are applicable to problem solving and thought processes of almost every kind."

Here are a few links to certain pages on the Free World U site to get you started:

• The Theory of Using Flashcards in Education
•  Site Tutorial and  Tutorial Videos
• Flashcards by Grade Level (Elementary, Middle, High School and Pre-Med and Medical School) 
• Flashcards by Category

Registration is optional, but if you do so, your flashcards will be saved.

The flashcards are offered on a variety of subjects (math, science, history, geography and more) for elementary grades, middle school, high school, and college level (pre-med and medical students).

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Quizlet: Create Quizzes for Any Subject

I'm really tired as I write this tonight, so I'm just going to post a screenshot and a review from the gal who sent in the link.  If you're interested in learning more, I hope you'll browse around the Quizlet site (this "Features" page is a good place to start)....

Mrs. B, a FreelyEducate.com reader, wrote, "Quizlet is a site where you can create quizzes for studying anything that has vocabulary or a simple term for an answer.

The funnest thing about it though, I think, is that you can invite your friends to join a group where your can virtually study together and even compete in a couple little games (I've emailed them, begging for more of those!).

I've created a group called Ms. B's Group for studying WOW word quizzes. So far over 12 kids from my live classes have joined, and we have been having a blast trying to outscore each other. There are a few students out there who can define this week's WOW words in their sleep!"

Thank you, Mrs. B., for sharing this high quality, 100% free educational find with FreelyEducate.com!

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