Hawaii's homeschool evaluation: who can sign, what they review, and when it is due
Hawaii lists an outside evaluation of a homeschooled student's year as one of the options its law allows each year. The signer is a teacher certified to teach in the State of Hawaii. The evaluator looks at the student's progress for the year and produces a written evaluation of the student's progress.
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Checked against HAR §8-12-18. Requirements on this page last reviewed October 12, 2026. The regulation text is always the source of truth.
Who may sign
The signer is a teacher certified to teach in the State of Hawaii.
What the evaluator reviews, and what it produces
The evaluator looks at the student's progress for the year. What comes out of that review is a written evaluation of the student's progress (the teacher's written evaluation).
When it is due
The the teacher's written evaluation is written once a year and kept in the Department of Education, in the yearly progress report.
Other ways to meet this requirement
Hawaii's law also lists these ways to meet the yearly requirement, apart from an outside evaluation:
- a score on a nationally normed standardized assessment
- progress on a nationally normed standardized assessment
- the parent's own written evaluation with samples of work, tests, and grades
Worth knowing
- The Department's page lists the four progress-report options and the testing grades; it does not state the exact office or date, so families confirm those with the school the child would attend.
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.
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For evaluators
If you are the person who signs this evaluation, Eformogi's free form for Hawaii walks through what the regulation asks you to review and produces the teacher's written evaluation in a format built from HAR §8-12-18. The form is free forever. No evaluator is ever paid by Eformogi for signing, and no evaluator's fee is ever shared with us.
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Frequently asked questions
Who can sign Hawaii's homeschool evaluation?
The signer is a teacher certified to teach in the State of Hawaii.
What does the evaluator review?
The evaluator looks at the student's progress for the year and produces a written evaluation of the student's progress.
When is the teacher's written evaluation due?
The the teacher's written evaluation is written once a year and kept in the Department of Education, in the yearly progress report.
Are there other ways to meet this requirement in Hawaii?
Hawaii's law names other ways to meet the yearly requirement besides an outside evaluation: a score on a nationally normed standardized assessment; progress on a nationally normed standardized assessment; the parent's own written evaluation with samples of work, tests, and grades.
What else does the regulation say?
The Department's page lists the four progress-report options and the testing grades; it does not state the exact office or date, so families confirm those with the school the child would attend.
Read the primary text: HAR §8-12-18. See also: every state's evaluation rule · the record for homeschool families