True Compass: How assessments can help homeschoolers in career readiness, exploration
From Homeschool Hints Podcast by Midwest Parent Educators - MPE
February 10, 2026 · 22 min
About this episode
Kristi Windish discusses the benefits of aptitude testing for homeschool high school students in making informed college and career choices.
Kristi Windish of True Compass discusses the benefits of aptitude testing in this podcast episode. Learn how your homeschool high school student can make the best college, career and life decisions based on such assessments! -Kristi's educational journey, starting from her work in speech language pathology [0:30] -How to overcome challenges associated with making career and college choices [3:00] -Why assessments should go beyond interest inventories to include scientific research and data [5:30] -Some benefits of assessments across all levels of education [9:30] -Overview of services most commonly experienced by homeschool families, including group discounts [12:00] -Specific age requirements [17:10] Resource #1: https://www.truecompassllc.com/ (True Compass LLC website) Resource #2: https://midwesthomeschoolers.org/events/homeschool-conference/ (MPE conference) Continue the conversation! Website: https://midwesthomeschoolers.org/ Email: podcast@midwestparenteducators.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/midwestparenteducators/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpeinkc/ X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/mpeinkc Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/mpeinkc/ Get full…
People in this episode
Host: Midwest Parent Educators
Guest: Kristi Windish
Topics covered
- aptitude testing
- career readiness
- homeschooling
- college decisions
- educational assessments
Keywords
- aptitude testing
- career readiness
- homeschool
- college decisions
- educational assessments
- True Compass
- Midwest Parent Educators
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Organizations: True Compass LLC, Midwest Parent Educators, MPE
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