Colorado's homeschool evaluation: who can sign, what they review, and when it is due

Who may sign

The signer is one of: a teacher licensed in Colorado; a teacher employed by an independent or parochial school; a licensed psychologist; or a person with a graduate degree in education.

What the evaluator reviews, and what it produces

The evaluator looks at the student's progress. What comes out of that review is an evaluation of the student's academic progress (the qualified person's evaluation).

When it is due

The the qualified person's evaluation is written once a year and kept in the school district that received the family's notice, or an independent or parochial school in Colorado.

Other ways to meet this requirement

Colorado's law also lists these ways to meet the yearly requirement, apart from an outside evaluation:

• a nationally standardized achievement test

Worth knowing

• The statute calls the signer a qualified person, selected by the parent.
• Read at a FindLaw mirror of the Colorado Revised Statutes; the Department of Education's choice page links the same section.

For families

The portfolio, the log, and the samples an evaluator asks to see are easiest to produce when they were kept as the year happened, not assembled the week before it is due. A photo of a finished project, a logged book, a math sample each month: each one is a thirty-second entry, and by the time the evaluator asks, the record already exists.

The record is free for families, forever: capture, the expense log, the portfolio, the verifiable transcript, verification, export. Generating filled-in artifacts, like an annual 529 expense file or an ESA quarterly report, is the one optional paid family service, part of Family Pro at $119 per year, and every document previews filled-in, free, first.

Find an evaluator in Colorado

No verified evaluators are listed for Colorado yet. If you evaluate here, list yourself.

For evaluators

If you are the person who signs this evaluation, Eformogi's free form for Colorado walks through what the regulation asks you to review and produces the qualified person's evaluation in a format built from C.R.S. §22-33-104.5(3)(f). The form is free forever. No evaluator is ever paid by Eformogi for signing, and no evaluator's fee is ever shared with us.

Open the free Colorado evaluator form · List yourself, free, verified by hand

Frequently asked questions

Read the primary text: C.R.S. §22-33-104.5(3)(f). See also: every state's evaluation rule · the record for homeschool families