Homeschool Record Keeping in North Dakota

Required hours

About 700 hrs/year

School days

175 days/year

Required subjects

7 subjects

Notice

Required each year

Testing / evaluation

Standardized testing

Recordkeeping

Required

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

What to keep in North Dakota

Good records are your best protection if anyone ever questions your homeschool. In North Dakota, keep an organized set: a running log of what you teach and when, samples of your child's work, and any assessment or filing documents the state asks for. Depending on the rules you'll keep some at home and file others, so keep everything organized and dated.

Attendance and hours

North Dakota requires at least 4 hours of instruction per day over 175 school days, which works out to roughly 700 hours per year.

Portfolio and work samples

Under NDCC 15.1-23-05, supervising parents keep an annual record of courses taken and academic progress assessments — including standardized test results — for each child. The records may be requested if the child later enrolls in public school.

Assessment and evaluation records

North Dakota requires a standardized achievement test in grades 4, 6, 8, and 10, with results filed with the resident district superintendent (NDCC 15.1-23-09, -11). A child may be exempted if the parent files a philosophical, moral, or religious objection, or independently if the parent is licensed or approved to teach, holds a baccalaureate degree, or meets a national teacher-exam cutoff. For a parent without a diploma or GED who is being monitored, a basic composite score below the 50th percentile extends monitoring by at least a year (NDCC 15.1-23-06). For any tested child, a score below the 30th percentile leads to a multidisciplinary assessment and, if no disability is found, a remediation plan (15.1-23-11).

How to organize your records

Keep one folder per child per school year: a running activity log, a stack of work samples, any test or evaluation results, and copies of anything you filed. Homeschool Fox does this automatically, logging hours by subject from your phone, tagging core versus non-core, and generating the North Dakota reports and year-end summaries you may need.

What this looks like in Homeschool Fox

Every activity you log rolls into a compliance view for North Dakota, so the records exist before anyone asks for them.

Free North Dakota printables

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

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

What Homeschool Fox tracks for North Dakota

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

• Hours toward your 700-hour goal
• Required subjects
• Days attended
• The records North Dakota asks you to keep
• Standardized testing
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking

More North Dakota guides

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