Maine's homeschool evaluation: who can sign, what they review, and September 1

Who may sign

The signer is one of: an identified individual who holds a current Maine teacher's certificate; a local homeschooling support group whose membership for this purpose includes a currently certified Maine teacher or administrator, reviewing a presented portfolio; or a local advisory board selected by the superintendent that includes one school employee and two home instruction tutors.

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 review and acceptance of the student's progress (the review and acceptance).

When it is due

The the review and acceptance goes to the school officials and the commissioner, with the annual continuation letter by September 1.

Other ways to meet this requirement

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

• a standardized achievement test administered through the school unit or by arrangement approved by the commissioner
• a test developed by the school unit's officials for the home instruction program

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 September 1. 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 Maine

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

For evaluators

If you are the person who signs this evaluation, Eformogi's free form for Maine walks through what the regulation asks you to review and produces the review and acceptance in a format built from 20-A M.R.S. §5001-A(3)(A)(4)(b). 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 Maine evaluator form · List yourself, free, verified by hand

Frequently asked questions

Read the primary text: 20-A M.R.S. §5001-A(3)(A)(4)(b). See also: every state's evaluation rule · the record for homeschool families