What You Should Know  

Written by: Sally Gail Hartzog
www.Mysal.com
The roots of private tutoring go all the way back to classical times, when emperors employed renowned philosophers and rhetoricians to privately educate their children: think Quintillion and Cicero. Traditionally private tutoring was a service provided only to society's most elite, ensuring that only the affluent received the best education. Today, in modern America, many middle-class families are also enjoying the benefits of some form of private tutoring and federal efforts are being made to make private tutoring also available to the economically challenged (through the private tutoring provision established under President Bush's No Child Left Behind educational reform act).

Helpful Links  

ABCTeach: This is the place for kids, parents, and teachers:

http://www.abcteach.com

Discovery Channel's Education Website:

http://www.discoveryschool.com

National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD):

http://www.ncld.org

PBS Kids Home Page:

http://www.pbskids.org

Resources for Homeschooling

Request registration form (PI-1206) from DPI:

Call 1-888-245-2732 ext.1

American Homeschool Association

http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org

Wisconsin Parents Association

http://www.homeschooling-wpa.org

Home Education Magazine

http://www.homeedmag.com

Homeschool Legal Defense Association

http://www.hslda.org

Wisconsin Christian Home Educators Association

http://www.wisconsinchea.com

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/

How are We Doing in Math and Science?

Math and science questions and statistics on the percentage of students in different countries who answered each question correctly:

Math:

http://nces.ed.gov/timss/pdf/Math_Concepts_Items_1.pdf

Science:

http://nces.ed.gov/timss/pdf/Science_Concepts_Items.pdf
The College Board

For information about the PSAT/NMQST, SAT Reasoning Test, SAT II Subject Tests, AP, or CLEP tests, go to www.collegeboard.com.

ACT

For an overview of the ACT test, go to www.act.org.

National Center for Educational Statistics

For information on college admissions, test score requirements, costs, and college profiles, go to nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool.