Every U.S. homeschool family should keep six kinds of records — attendance, hours, curriculum, samples, evaluations, and receipts. Here's what each one is and how Rosie'sHQ keeps them safely in one place.
Homeschool record keeping is the practice of documenting the day-to-day facts of your homeschool so you can answer three questions later: (1) did we meet state requirements this year, (2) what did each child actually learn, and (3) what evidence exists if a school, evaluator, or district ever asks. Good records are also the raw material for report cards, transcripts, and — in high school — a college application.
The six categories every homeschool family should keep: (1) attendance and instructional hours, (2) curriculum used and subjects covered, (3) samples of student work per subject, (4) standardized-test results or evaluator letters if your state requires them, (5) grades and assessments, and (6) receipts for tax deductions or education-savings accounts. Retention varies by state — Pennsylvania requires 5 years, New York 3 years, and most low-regulation states have no legal retention requirement (but colleges typically want to see 4 years of high-school records).
Live day/hour counter with a downloadable attendance PDF for the year.
Curriculum Vault stores spines, workbooks, videos, and manipulatives per subject and child.
Every daily log can attach a photo, PDF worksheet, or audio narration — all archived by date.
Standardized test results, evaluator letters, and quarterly reports live per child, per year.
Per-subject gradebook with weighted averages and printable report cards.
Homeschool Wallet captures receipts via OCR and tags them by category for tax/ESA use.
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