Why Homeschools Should Keep Records

The best answer:
To benefit your students in the future.

Why Homeschools Should Keep Academic Records

Here are a few important reasons why homeschooling parents/educators should keep well-organized academic records and attendance records for their students:

Academic Records Can Facilitate Your Own Planning Process

Regularly updating academic records helps you track your child's/student's progress over time, identify areas where they might need additional help, and adjust your teaching strategies accordingly.

Homeschool Data Bank provides a variety of reports that show your child's academic history. We also provide for uploading and organizing student work samples. All reports show academic records and activity or each semester for which you have entered the relevant information.

When you purchase access for a current semester, you can enter previous semesters' academic records and generate all standard reports for no additional charge - back to the Fall semester of the 2020/2021 school year.

Academic Records Are Needed When Applying to Colleges and Universities

Your children/students may want to continue their education at a college or university. A transcript with supporting academic history will almost certainly be required as part of the application process. Detailed academic records as are maintained in Homeschool Data Bank are can be included with applications to colleges and universities.

Academic Records Needed By Next Grade School or High School

If any of your children/students will be transferring out of homeschool, their next school will likely want to see their academic history for their time during homeschool. Providing clear and organized records of their academic history can help ease the transition to a regular school or to another homeschool support group.

Academic and Attendance Records Provide Proof of Education

Keeping detailed records can serve as evidence that your child is receiving a proper education. This is particularly important if the adequacy of your homeschooling is ever questioned.

Questions about education may be raised in legal custody disputes. It will be best to have a detailed record of academic records in these unfortunate situations.

If your student may transfer back to a public or private school, or to another homeschool support group, it will be helpful to show the school a complete record of the educational accomplishments achieved by your students when they were homeschooled.

Academic Records Provide Peace of Mind For You and Your Students

Over time memory fades. Someday your child/student may need, or simply want, to look back and see a history of which classes they took, when the classes were taken, what were the supporting academic materials, and how they performed. Having access to a well-organized history would make their lives easier if and when the time comes for them to see their history and all the work you did together.

Regardless of their reasons, it may be important for your child/student to have complete academic records of their homeschool years. Homeschool Data Bank provides easy-to-use tools for homeschool educators to preserve their student's academic history.