Our family has been "done" our official book work for some time, although the learning continues :-) 

It's time to see how far we've come.  I think this is such an important step in the whole scheme of things.  It's always neat to hand out the blamk blacline map of the world and a-z list to be filled with things they've learned through the year.  It's time to take pictures of their projects and tuck their favorites into their annual portfolio collection.  In a few days it will be time to celebrate their accomplishments with our home school group.  More on that later :-)

In the mean time there are wonderful resources online and in print to help you assess where your kids are at. 

My favorite print resources include:

• Teresa Moon's Book: Evaluating for Excellence
• Anything by Kathryn Stout

Online, I have found these helpful:

• Teachnet.com:  http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/endofyear/personalcomments061400.html
• Manitoba Education Site: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/assess/index.html

Don't put off this valuable tool in confirming all you ARE doing.