The teaching is written into the curriculum. It does not need a professional teacher with a degree in a subject to teach that subject to your child. The ACE curriculum is a self-instructional tool, not a school textbook. This gives parents a sense of security, knowing that educational experts have set out the educational content. While we recognise that the majority of home schoolers choose the eclectic approach (a bit of this and a bit of that) many come to us for the structure, routine and sequence that a sequenced curriculum package provides. Gradual steady improvement with constant reinforcement of what has already been learnt. It is like climbing the stairs in a lighthouse. There is also continual revision of academic skills, which is a very efficient method for long-term memory retention. In a sequenced curriculum package, there will not be the danger of “knowledge gaps”. There are also over 50 Electives Secondary to choose from. The curriculum covers the core learning areas of English, Maths, Science, Social Studies, Spelling, Grammar and Creative Writing. Every academic subject upholds the Lordship of Jesus Christ and teaches about mission, godly living, respect for those in authority and character development. The ACE curriculum is not the state curriculum with a few Bible verses around the edges. The philosophy and worldview of the curriculum is distinctly Biblical. Parents don’t have to find, access and compile their own lessons. Our main curriculum is the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) program, which offers the following benefits and features for your family: No lesson preparation requiredOur curriculum has been developed by curriculum writing experts. Scripture and Biblical principles are woven into the curriculum, ensuring students are not exposed to humanistic teaching which conflicts with the Bible. The curriculum used by ACHS families upholds the Bible and the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every subject. School of Tomorrow, will be offered these tests at no additional cost.To download a sample of our curriculum, click here Students enrolled in Lighthouse Christian Academy, the official distance education program of A.C.E. Testing cannot be purchased by individual homeschool families. Dual Enrollment Schools are responsible for providing their own testing. For those schools with students enrolled in the Dual Enrollment program, testing is not provided by Lighthouse Christian Academy. If you don’t know your representative, you may contact A.C.E. If you are interested in obtaining a Ministry Service Agreement, please contact your Ministry Service Representative. School administrators may download the Planning Guide for paper and online testing. curriculum and have a Ministry Service Agreement. Iowa Assessments materials are only available to campus-based schools that use the A.C.E. Staying within the timed guidelines will give a more accurate test result. All questions are in multiple-choice format. The times have been established to give a student sufficient time to answer the questions. The Iowa Assessments measures what a student knows and can do efficiently. The CogAT Form 7 is administered in Levels 2, 5, and 8. When the two are taken together, the scores are a valuable tool, relating a student’s actual achievement with his or her ability and providing a wealth of information to parents and school staff. The CogAT evaluates the development of students’ reasoning abilities using verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal cognitive tasks. The test measures both foundation skills and higher-order thinking skills. The Iowa Complete is a large-scale achievement test that assesses students’ skills in reading, language, mathematics, social studies, and science. The Iowa Assessments™ Form E Complete Battery (Iowa Complete) and the Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®) Form 7 measure how students are performing on nationwide standards. School of Tomorrow, through Riverside Publishing, offers one of the finest achievement and aptitude test combinations available. Standardized tests help schools objectively assess students’ academic progress and potential from year to year.
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