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K-12 Curriculum Suppliers

  • A BEKA
    Box 18000
    Pensacola, FL 32523-9160
    (800) 874-BEKA 
    Textbooks, Correspondence School & Video School

 

  • Alpha Omega Publications
    300 N. McKemy Ave.
    Chandler, AZ 85226
    (800) 622-3070
    K - 12 curriculum in workbooks and on computer

 

 

 

 

  • Rod & Staff 
    Highway 172
    Crockett, KY 41413 
    (606) 522-4348

 

 

Unit Studies

 

  • KONOS 
    PO Box 1534
    Richardson, TX 75083 
    (214) 669-8337 
    Multilevel unit study curriculum

 

  • Design-a-Study  
    408 Victoria Ave.
    Wilmington, DE 19804  
    (302) 998-3889 
    Helps you design your own unit studies

 

  • Learning Adventures 
    4 North Wood Lane
    Casey, IL 62420 
    (217) 932-4038 
    A one-year study using library books and the Bible for grades 4 -8.

 

Correspondence Courses

 

 

 

 

 

Supply Catalogs


 

Magazines

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

  • Science By Mail
    Science Park
    Boston, MA 02114

    (800) 729-3300 
    Boston Museum of Science

     

  • Free For the Asking  
    (Book)     by Pat Hirst

    To order send $18.95 plus $2.25 shipping and handling to: 
    Pat Hirst
    PO Box 914
    Marshall, VA 20116

     

  • Science Labs in a Box Inc.
    13510 T.I. Blvd., Ste 111
    Dallas, TX 75243 
    (800) 687-5227 
     

  • The Learnables 
    International Linguistics Corporation  
    (800) 237-1830 
    Foreign languages

 

 

Used Curriculum

 

 

 

 


 

 

Additional Resources

 

  • Crosswalk.com
    Great homeschooling information including a homeschool chat room featuring Maine’s Kathi Kearney on Thursday evenings at 10pm.

 

 

Homeschool Testing Services

 

If you desire to prepare your child to take standardized tests, you might wish to contact the following:

 

  • Continental Press  
    Elizabethtown, PA, 17022
    (800)233-0759
    Offers books for test-takers in grades 1-6.

 

  • Frank Shaffer Publications
    23740 Hawthorne Blvd.
    Torrance, CA 90505
    (800) 421-5565
    Workbooks with practice tests in reading, language, and math.

 

  • Learning at Home
    Box 270
    Honolulu, HI 96726
    (808) 328-9669
    Offers practice for the Standard, California, and Metropolitan Achievement Tests, and the Iowa and Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (for reading, math, and language).

 

To diagnose gaps in learning, you might want to administer your own hassle-free diagnostic test, provided by the following:

 

 

 

 

Developmental Tests help to gauge levels of maturity and styles of learning:

 

 

  • Rod and Staff Publishers
    Rt. 172
    Crockett, KY 41413
    (606) 522-4348

 

For tests of special problems and disabilities:

 


 

  • Linda Howe, M.A., 
    4187 Bernardo Ct.
    Chino, CA 91710
    (909) 628-9441
    Dr. Howe works with kids with dyslexia, dysgraphia, kinesthetic deficits and other such problems.

 

  • Johns Hopkins University  
    Offers the Sequential Tests of Educational progress (STEP) and the School and College Ability Test (SCAT).
    (410)516-8301

 

  • The Diagnostic Prescriptive Assessment
    P.O. Box 5098
    Savannah, GA 31414
    (912) 354-2201

    Each test is a diagnostic test, serves as an effective pre-assessment for grade placement, provides scope and sequence for each grade level, serves as a yearly evaluation, portfolio, and Individual Educational Plan, grades K - 5th - $28/grade level.

 

Achievement Tests

 

  • California Achievement Test
    Christian Liberty Academy
    502 W Euclid Ave
    Arlington Heights, IL 60004 
    (708) 259-8736

     

  • Seton

    Seton Testing Service 
    (540) 636-9990 
    Email at: testing@setonhome.org. 
    Utilizing the California Achievement Test, Form E (CAT-E), this year-round service is available for grades 1 to 12. Administer at home, at your convenience. Easy to administer, full instructions included. Inexpensive, only $20 for test and scoring.

     

  • Peabody Individualized Achievement Test

 

College Testing Information

 

  • A free copy of The College Board’s Bulletin for the SAT Program can be obtained by calling 
    (609) 771-7600.

 

CLEP PO Box 6601
Princeton, NJ 08541-6601 
(602) 771-7865
 

  • Advance Placement Program
    PO Box 6670
    Princeton, NJ 08541-6670
    Students who score well on these tests may receive advanced placement or college credit for their demonstrated mastery in 16 subject areas.