Colorado Homeschool Test Results

Colorado homeschoolers report in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. The filing is the assessment result itself, and only in those grades.

Required hours

About 688 hrs/year

School days

172 days/year

Required subjects

9 subjects

Notice

Required each year

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing or evaluation)

Recordkeeping

Required

Jump to the full Colorado requirements for plain-English detail on each of these.

What Colorado asks for

The filing is the assessment result itself, and only in those grades. Colorado requires a test or evaluation at the end of grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. Families may choose a nationally standardized test or an evaluation by a qualified person (certified teacher, licensed psychologist, or holder of a graduate education degree). Results must be submitted to the school district where notice was filed, or to a Colorado independent or parochial school (in which case the parent must notify the original district of the alternative recipient).

When it is due

Colorado wants results in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. In other years there is nothing to file. Colorado sets no single statewide date, so confirm yours with the office that receives the result.

Who reviews it

In Colorado the filing lands with a district office. Nobody is grading it. The office is confirming that a filing exists and that it's complete, so a plain report that answers every field gets you further than an elaborate one.

Pulling the numbers together

There is nothing to total up. Colorado asks for the result, not your hours, subjects or work samples. Homeschool Fox keeps those for your own records, and stores the score report or evaluator's letter with the year it belongs to.

If you miss a deadline

A missed deadline in Colorado is fixable. File as soon as you catch it instead of waiting for the office to ask. Contact them, explain in a sentence, and send what you have. Things get harder when a family goes quiet for a few months, and a report that arrives a week late rarely registers at all. Set a reminder two weeks ahead of each date and the problem stops recurring.

Getting ready to file in Colorado

Do these through the year and the report turns into an hour of copying numbers you already have.

1. 1

   Mark the filing grades now

   Colorado wants results in grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. Note which year each child reaches one.

2. 2

   Book the test or evaluator early

   Test dates and evaluators fill up in spring. Book in the fall of a filing year.

3. 3

   Keep every result

   Keep the score report or the evaluator's letter, dated, even in a year you don't file one.

4. 4

   Send it and keep proof

   Save a copy of what you filed and the date you sent it, the same way you would with your notice of intent.

What this looks like in Homeschool Fox

Homeschool Fox rolls your logged activities into a printable Colorado summary with attendance totals, subject breakdowns, and progress per student already filled in.

Free Colorado printables

Three ready-to-use PDFs for Colorado homeschoolers. No account needed.

Templates, not legal advice. Confirm the current rule with your state or district.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for Colorado

The records Colorado asks you to keep, plus the rest of your year, in one place. No spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Hours toward your 688-hour goal
• Required subjects
• Days attended
• The records Colorado asks you to keep
• Parent's choice (testing or evaluation)
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking

More Colorado guides

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• Colorado Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in Colorado A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Homeschooling High School in Colorado Credits, GPA, transcripts, and graduation.
• Record Keeping in Colorado What to document, how to organize it, and staying compliant.
• How to Withdraw From School in Colorado The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to Colorado What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Public School Sports in Colorado Whether homeschoolers can play, what it takes, and who to ask.
• Homeschool Hours Required in Colorado The number, what counts toward it, and the pace to hit it.
• Required Subjects in Colorado The list, how much time each needs, and proving you taught them.
• Colorado Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.
• Homeschool Testing in Colorado What the state asks for, when, and low-score rules.