The evaluator moment, state by state.

Once a year, in twelve states, the law lets or makes a certified teacher, a licensed psychologist, or another named adult look at what a homeschooled student actually did and sign a document for the office the statute names. That one page is where the signature product and the paperwork product are the same object. Who may sign it, and when? The answer differs by state, so each column of the table below gives one part of it, the state, its document, and its date from the statute, and each state's page gives the signer. Pick a state below to read its rule.

The twelve states

For example, Pennsylvania's signer is a certified teacher with at least two years of experience or a licensed psychologist, and the certification reaches the superintendent by June 30; Florida's is a teacher holding a valid regular Florida certificate, once a year from the family's own start date, with no statewide day. If a state is missing from the table, our read of its law found no outside evaluator the statute names, or the requirement was repealed.

State	Document	When it is due
Pennsylvania	the evaluator's certification	The evaluator's certification goes to the district superintendent by June 30.
Florida	the teacher's evaluation	The teacher's evaluation is filed with the district school superintendent's office in the county where the student lives once a year, a year from the family's own start date, with no fixed statewide day.
Virginia	the evaluation letter	The evaluation letter goes to the division superintendent by August 1.
New York	the written narrative	The written narrative is filed with the school district, with the fourth quarterly report.
West Virginia	the teacher's written narrative	The teacher's written narrative goes to the county superintendent, in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 by June 30.
Washington	the written assessment	The written assessment is written once a year and kept in the student's own permanent record (nothing is filed unless the student enters a public school).
Colorado	the qualified person's evaluation	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.
Maine	the review and acceptance	The review and acceptance goes to the school officials and the commissioner, with the annual continuation letter by September 1.
Vermont	the teacher's review	The teacher's review is written once a year and kept in the family's own records (the statute asks parents to maintain the record of each assessment).
Hawaii	the teacher's written evaluation	The teacher's written evaluation is written once a year and kept in the Department of Education, in the yearly progress report.
Iowa	the evaluator's report	The evaluator's report goes to the parent, the school district of residence, and the Department of Education by August 1.
Louisiana	the teacher statement	The teacher statement goes to the Louisiana Department of Education, with the renewal application.

Every row above was checked against the primary statute or agency text on 2026-10-12. 3 states once required or allowed an outside evaluation and no longer do, so none of them is listed above: New Hampshire (RSA 193-A:6 (the annual educational evaluation) was repealed effective July 1 2026.); Ohio (The annual assessment requirement was removed in 2023; not re-verified on the listed date.); Arkansas (The annual testing requirement was removed in 2015; not re-verified on the listed date.).

Find or become an evaluator

Each state's page above carries its own list of verified evaluators who serve that state, and an honest note where nobody is listed yet. Every listing is verified by hand before it appears, and payment never buys position.

Two doors

Looking for an evaluator

Pick your state in the table above. Each page lists who may sign, what they review, and the evaluators verified for that state so far.

Writing evaluations yourself

List yourself, free, verified by hand. The form is free forever, no listing fee buys placement, and no evaluator's fee is ever shared with us.

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Frequently asked questions

Who can sign a homeschool evaluation?

It depends on the state, and each state's page gives the statute's own words. In most of the twelve the signer is a certified or licensed teacher. Pennsylvania and Colorado also name a licensed psychologist, and Colorado adds a person with a graduate degree in education; Virginia accepts a person with a master's degree or higher in an academic discipline; New York allows a home instruction peer review panel, or another person the parent chooses with the superintendent's consent; Maine accepts a local homeschooling support group that includes a currently certified Maine teacher or administrator, or a local advisory board the superintendent selects; Iowa's evaluator is a licensed Iowa practitioner the parent selects and the local superintendent approves.

When is the evaluation due?

Each state sets its own calendar. Pennsylvania and West Virginia use June 30, Virginia and Iowa August 1, Maine September 1; New York files with the fourth quarterly report; Florida counts a year from the family's own start date; Louisiana ties it to the renewal application; Washington, Colorado, Vermont, and Hawaii set no calendar date, and the evaluation goes with the student's record or the yearly report as each statute describes. The table above carries the sentence for each state.

Does a listing here mean the state endorses the evaluator?

No. A listing means the evaluator asked to be listed and we checked the name on the state's own public lookup on the date shown, nothing more. No state endorses this directory, no listing fee buys a place, and the office named in the statute, not Eformogi, is the one that reads the evaluation.

What if my state is missing from the table?

Then our read of its law found no outside evaluator the statute names, or the requirement was repealed, as New Hampshire's was. Several states ask for a standardized test or a portfolio the parent keeps without a second signature; where we have a transcript guide for such a state, the rule is covered there rather than here. If we missed a state whose law names an evaluator, tell us at hello@eformogi.com with the citation.