In contrast, our recommendations are designed to support teachers to make reliable assessments
of particular aspects
of learning and achievement that can be compared across schools and used directly in the calculation
of students»
subject results and thus tertiary admissions ranks — without prior scaling against an external test or
examination.
The deliberations have addressed various topics such as whether (a) parents should have to be state - certified teachers in order to home educate their children, (b) parents should have to have achieved a
particular level
of formal education in order to homeschool their children, (c) parents should have to pass teacher qualification
examinations that states use for public school teachers, (d) homeschool students should be
subjected to mandatory standardized achievement tests, (e) state officials should oversee the social activities
of home - educated students (or homeschool socialization), and (f) parents should have to get approval from the state government in order to engage in home - based education with their children (see, e.g., Farris 2013; Yuracko, 2008).
BG: In fact the craft aspect
of the project matters immensely as it points to the labour involved in the process, in
particular for this latest iteration
of the project since the overarching
subject of examination is «labour».