What Goes in a Maryland Homeschool Portfolio

Required hours

No state minimum

Required subjects

8 subjects

Notice

Required

Testing / evaluation

Portfolio review

Portfolio

Required

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

The Maryland portfolio checklist

Assembled from Maryland's own requirements. Work down it once a term and the spring review stops being an event.

• A dated log of educational activities

  What you covered and which subject it served, written as you go. Reconstructing a year of this in the week before a review is the single most common portfolio scramble.

• A reading list, by title

  Every book and material named. This is the piece families most often rebuild from memory, and the piece a reviewer can check fastest.

• Samples of your student's work

  Writings, worksheets, workbooks, and creative work. A few pieces per subject spread across the year reads as evidence; a stack from one good week does not.

• The assessment or evaluation record

  Maryland satisfies its assessment through the portfolio review itself. Keep the result filed with the portfolio rather than loose, since the two get asked for together.

• A copy of anything you filed

  Your notice of intent and any correspondence with the district, dated. If a question ever comes up, dated proof that you filed on time closes it.

What Maryland actually requires

Under COMAR 13A.10.01, the portfolio includes materials used for instruction — texts and reading lists — plus student work samples such as writings, worksheets, creative projects, and assessments. It stays at home and is shown at the scheduled review.

Who sees it, and when

You keep the portfolio. Maryland does not collect it, and nothing is submitted unless someone asks. Maryland satisfies its assessment through the portfolio review itself. That result is the part that normally travels, while the portfolio stays with you as the evidence behind it.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for Maryland

Everything Maryland expects you to keep, in one place — no spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Required hours or days
• Required subjects & core hours
• Daily activity logs
• Attendance records
• Notes & portfolio records
• Printable PDF reports
• High school transcripts
• State-specific progress tracking

More Maryland guides

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