Homeschool Testing Resources
Testing Options and Support
Minnesota has annual standardized testing requirements for homeschool students. Visit the Standardized Testing Section on the Minnesota Law page to understand the requirements.
Once you’re familiar with what the law expects, you can explore your options. This section outlines several standardized testing options that meet Minnesota’s homeschool requirements. Each listing includes a link to the test provider and contact details so you can find the one that best matches your student’s learning style and your family’s needs.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
CHRISTIAN LIBERTY ACADEMY
- Address: 502 W. Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
- Phone: 800-832-2741
- Website:Â www.christianlibertypress.com
- E-mail:Â [email protected]
- Test available: California Achievement Test (CAT) grades 2-12, 1970 version. Tests are offered online or paper
FAMILY LEARNING ORGANIZATION
- Address: P. O. Box 1750, Mead, WA 99021-1750
- Phone: 509-467-2552 or 800-405-8378
- Website:Â www.familylearning.org
- E-mail:Â [email protected]
- Tests available: California Achievement Test, Fifth Edition (CAT/5).
SETON SCHOOL
- Address: 1350 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA 22630
- Phone: 800-542-1066
- Website:Â www.setontesting.com
- E-mail:Â [email protected]
- Tests available: California Achievement Test K-12
CAT 6 TerraNova
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Address: BJU Press Customer Service, Greenville, SC 29614-0062
- Phone: 1-800-845-5731 or 1-864-242-5100 ext. 3300 (questions only)
- Website:Â www.bjupress.com
- E-mail:Â [email protected]
- Tests available: Iowa Test of Basic Skills-ITBS (K-12), Iowa Test of Educational Development (K-12), and Stanford Achievement Test-SAT (K-12)
TRIANGLE EDUCATION ASSESSMENTS
- Address: 5512 Merlon Station Drive, Apex, NC 27539
- Phone: 1-877-843-8837
- Website:Â www.triangleed.com
- Tests available: The Iowa Tests: Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) for grades K – 8, Iowa Test of Educational Development (grades 9-11/12)
SETON SCHOOL
- Address: 1350 Progress Drive, Front Royal, VA 22630
- Phone: 800-542-1066
- Website:Â www.setontesting.com
- E-mail:Â [email protected]
- Tests available: Iowa Tests (ITBS) K-8; (ITED) grades 9-12
HEWITT HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES
- Address: 2103 Main Street, Washougal, WA 98671
- Phone: 800-348-1750
- Website:Â www.hewitthomeschooling.com
- E-mail:Â [email protected]
- Tests available: Personalized Achievement Summary System Test (PASS), Grades 3-8
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Address: BJU Press Customer Service, Greenville, SC 29614-0062
- Phone: 1-800-845-5731 or 1-864-242-5100 ext. 3300 (questions only)
- Website:Â www.bjupress.com
- E-mail:Â [email protected]
- Tests available: Iowa Test of Basic Skills-ITBS (K-12), Iowa Test of Educational Development (K-12), and Stanford Achievement Test-SAT (K-12)
The Peabody is a standardized, nationally norm-referenced K-12 achievement test, individually administered by a trained examiner. Â Assessments are completed in the following content areas: reading, math, spelling, science, social studies and humanities. The subtests and composite scores are calculated immediately. The test is oral in format and almost conversational in tone. The Peabody takes 60-90 minutes to administer, but the exam is not timed.
Each child is assessed using the material appropriate to their age and level of accomplishment, working toward higher material until they answer incorrectly a target number of consecutive items. This stopping point establishes their learning threshold, and errors in the critical range are subtracted from the peak score. This allows children to rise to their level of ability without restricting their test level to a grade-specific range.
Test administrators may vary in their fees, testing location, and availability. Please inquire specifically when setting your appointment. Testing can be done year round, although it is best to contact a tester in the summer or fall to ensure availability for the coming school year.
PLEASE NOTE:
- The following is a partial listing of test administrators
- This listing is informational only and not an endorsement of any of the following services.
- "Travel" indicates that the test administrator will travel to the testing site.
- "Virtual" indicates that the test administrator will use Zoom or Skype for testing in outlying areas.
Jodi Cordell BS Elem. Ed. & Psych.
- Area Served: Pine City/Rush City (within 50 miles)
- Travel: Yes
- Virtual:Â No
- hone:Â Home: 715-689-2255Â Â Cell: 715-220-0443
- Email: [email protected]
Roxie Stone BS Elem. Ed., MA Curriculum Instr.
- Area Served: Metro, Statewide and Worldwide by Zoom
- Travel: Yes
- Virtual: Yes
- Phone: 612-272-3247
- Email:Â [email protected]
Louise Van Bergen
- Area Served: Rockford, Buffalo, Corcoran, Delano, Rogers, Otsego, West Hennepin County
- Travel: No
- Email:Â [email protected]
Lynn Jorud
- Area Served: Central MN and out-state
- Travel: Yes
- Virtual: Yes (statewide and nationally)
- Telephone: 320-339-9959 (call or text)
- Email:Â [email protected]
Kim Witthuhn
- Area Served: Metro Area
- Travel: Yes
- Virtual: Yes (statewide and nationally)
- Phone: 952-484-9709
- Email:Â [email protected]
Jean Deming
- Virtual testing only
- Telephone: 651-263-3769
- Email:Â [email protected]
Rhonda van Bergen
- Area Serviced:Â Deephaven and surrounding area
- Virtual:Â No
- Telephone: 612-859-1478
- Email: [email protected]
The Woodcock Johnson is a nationally normed, standardized achievement test. It is untimed, non-bracketed (yielding true Grade Equivalency scores) with grade content pre-K->17.9 that is administered individually. It is an oral test (interview-style) with written components in Math (scratch paper) and Spelling is a dictation. The WJ-IV has been most recently normed and has 7 subtests including individual scoring for the expanded Science, Social Studies & Humanities sections.
PRIVATE TEST ADMINISTRATORS – WOODCOCK JOHNSON TESTS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Terri Finch
- Testing via Zoom or in-person in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul.
- Travel: No
- Phone:Â 651-395-8657
- Email:Â [email protected]