Originally Posted by aquinas
Maybe instead of saying "what level has your child achieved?", a different way to ask the question is "what is the minimum level of skills you feel, say, 90% certain he has mastered in each area?"

I agree. Makes much more sense than sticking with arbitrary grade levels.

Originally Posted by aquinas
It makes perfect sense that there will be confidence intervals around these estimates; probably wide ones for some domains. Learning is a fluid process of skills acquisition that doesn't conform to discrete edu-speak boxes.

Part of the reason I'm asking this question the way I am, and at this time, is because I'm hoping to homeschool DS for kindergarten and subsequently open an HG+ micro school.

Wonderful! That is an ambitious but worthwhile endeavor. Best to you.

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