On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:17:33 -0400, prodigal1 wrote:

Vito wrote:
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And if I'm to compare several candidates I want to see scores on
standardized tests.

The results of standardized testing provide only at best a simplistic
and at worse, an irrelevant answer to the question you're asking.
I'm always surprised when I see/read people comments indicating that
these blunt instruments have some sort of validity.

OK, time for a definition of terms he What I am interested in
pursuing is not "homeschooling" in the sense of someone completely off
the radar of a standardized education, but "distance learning",
whereby my kid, living on a boat, is educated to the standards of my
land-based jurisdiction, and receives the standard credits and
credentials.

And, if he proves able, is allowed to accelerate his learning at his
own pace in subjects of his choosing.

This would require flexibility on the part of the issuing schoolboard,
but as I live in a city of several million, and know of several fellow
citizens who've taught kids on boats, AND it is anticipated that my
wife will have earned a teaching certificate by then and herself will
be the "in-house" teacher, I don't think we, with the use of modern
communications, patience and the stimulating environment of the sea,
will have a lot of trouble. The kid's already bright, willfull and
motivated to learn at 3 3/4...I expect he'll be running plots by age
eight G.

R.