A Note About These Reviews
Whether it’s our first meeting or our tenth, getting to know each child and hear about their year is genuinely the best part of what I do. I’m so grateful for every kind word below, and even more grateful for the families who take the time to write them.
Every review here was left voluntarily by a family after their scheduled evaluation, through an invitation sent automatically once our time together wrapped up. Nothing is required or expected — these are simply the words parents chose to share.
Kate
July 24, 2026
Dear Darlene, Thank you so much for meeting with me and Juiliet as we look forward to beginning homeschooling our children in PA. After your “Ask Me Anything” webinar, I am feeling a lot less overwhelmed by the paperwork and the process of homeschooling and feeling more empowered! It was so great hearing more about what homeschooling realistically looks like.
I am so thankful that you have so many resources and videos on tour website to help homeschool families. When you find time, could you email me any of the links you shared during the meeting again so I can save it for the future?
Thanks and I enjoy keeping in touch with you over our Facebook accounts!
Sincerely, Kate
Debra
★★★★★ Jun 30, 2026
Everything was amazing! She is exceptional! Very encouraging very responsive to everything, understanding, very helpful, and honestly everyone just needs to use Darlene for evaluations! 1 million times recommended
Lani
★★★★★ Jun 29, 2026
Darlene is a wonderful evaluator.
The kids feel at ease and look forward to seeing her every year.
Jennifer
★★★★★ Jun 25, 2026
We have been utilizing Darlene’s evaluator services for 3 years. We are thoroughly pleased.
Darin
Darlene was incredibly helpful in making us aware what my son needed in order to graduate here in PA and preparing him for the final evaluation. She has a lot of videos that were very informative and fostered us through the entire process. I highly recommend!
Christine
★★★★★ Jun 25, 2026
I love Darlene. I was so nervous the entire time and she was so calming through this process.
Kimberly
★★★★★ Jun 25, 2026
Authentic, compassionate and productive, thank you!
Blanca
★★★★★ Jun 29, 2026
Darlene is simply wonderful. She is patient, reassuring and very knowledgeable. I look forward to working with her in the years to come.
Rebekah
★★★★★ Jun 22, 2026
This is an easy and clear process every year. Darlene is easy to talk with, makes it easy for my kids to answer questions about their school year, and always encouraging.
Elizabeth
★★★★★ Jun 23, 2026
I highly recommend Darlene as an evaluator. She is extremely knowledgeable and encouraging, and my boys come away feeling good about their progress and accomplishments.
Tamara
★★★★★ Jun 9, 2026
Thank you so much for the wonderful conversation you had with my son. I believe he felt encouraged and appreciated that you were interested in subjects that are of interest to him.
Kelly
★★★★★ Jun 8, 2026
Darlene is amazing and so knowledgeable! I am so grateful that we had her to guide us through this process.
Kylie
★★★★★ May 19, 2026
Always a great experience with Darlene! She’s a wonderful person and evaluator. I wouldn’t want to work with anyone else!
Becky
★★★★★ Jun 14, 2026
Thank you Darlene! Great meeting with you. Thank you for the time you spent with us, reading some of their work, asking questions, answering questions, and hearing what the girls had to say. You are very helpful and encouraging!
Ronald
★★★★★ Jun 10, 2026
Exceptional, highly-skilled, professional evaluator. Made the first evaluation for our Sammi go incredibly smoothly with her soft demeanor and true interest and care in Sammi’s education and life. Can’t recommend Darlene enough.
Rob
★★★★★ Jun 8, 2026
Absolutely terrific evaluator. The website is fantastic. The instruction videos really help parents just embarking on the homeschool journey and Darlene is always available to help answer questions
Jenean
Darlene is absolutely FANTASTIC. She makes every step of the homeschooling experience easier. We’ve had her as our evaluator from students just beginning through graduation. Highly recommend.
Tanya
★★★★★ Jun 7, 2026
Wonderful. I appreciate so much your interaction with and kindness to our kids!
Natalie
★★★★★ Jun 4, 2026
I would recommend Darlene Catlett to anyone. Meeting with her helped me feel confident as a homeschool teacher. She explained the law very well. She explained all my questions thoroughly. Thank you, Darlene.
Marissa
★★★★★ May 26, 2026
Darlene was on time and very professional. My son is young and was extremely comfortable with the evaluation and looking forward to another successful school year next year.
Alyssa
★★★★★ May 21, 2026
My son’s evaluation went very well. I love how Darlene shows so much interest in what my son’s passion is, rather than just focusing on the academics he’d completed throughout the year. My son, who struggled so much through all of his school years, felt comfortable at all of his evaluations because of this and really had an opportunity to shine. It was a great experience!
Kara
★★★★★ May 19, 2026
My children greatly enjoyed their evaluation time with Darlene. She put them at ease from the start. I appreciated that she was quick to smile, and seemed genuinely interested about the things they loved learning about this past year. She was also very encouraging throughout the evaluations, and helpful when we had questions. We highly recommend Darlene for your evaluations!
Michelina
★★★★★ May 21, 2026
My daughter had a wonderful experience! Darlene was very knowledgeable and thorough with the evaluation! I am so grateful that we found her!
Kylie
★★★★★ May 19, 2026
Always a great experience with Darlene! She’s a wonderful person and evaluator. I wouldn’t want to work with anyone else!
Nina
★★★★★ May 14, 2026
Wonderful, Darlene is the best.
Mandy
★★★★★ May 18, 2026
Very thorough and thoughtful in asking the kids questions. Helpful with information and sharing personal stories to relate and ease the tension the kids had. Excellent communicator. Very Kind and helpful. Best evaluator we’ve had so far.
Kerese
★★★★★ May 18, 2026
Darlene was so sweet and easy to talk to. The evaluation felt more like chatting with a friend. I was so nervous as it’s our first year doing homeschool or evaluation. We did ours online through zoom, but she made me and the girls feel at ease.
Jillian
★★★★★ Apr 27, 2026
This year is my second year using Darlene as my Evaluator! We love her! She is very kind, patient, understanding, and knowledgeable. She is always responsive to our messages and very helpful! We love having her as our Evaluator! We would definitely recommend her to anyone searching for an evaluator for their children! We appreciate you Darlene.
The Schmitt Family 
Donna
★★★★★ May 11, 2026
Darlene was very professional and had some great ideas for my daughter to finish out her senior year of high-school. I would recommend her as an evaluator to anyone that decides on homeschooling 
Michelle
★★★★★ Mar 28, 2026
Darlene takes her time and genuinely cares for the families she works with.
Racheal
★★★★★ May 11, 2026 Darlene was very professional and had some great ideas for my daughter to finish out her senior year of high-school. I would recommend her as an evaluator to anyone that decides on homeschooling
Cassandra
★★★★★ May 7, 2026
Darlene made the evaluation process go so smooth. My kids loved showing her their work from the year and telling her all the fun things they have done. Darlene is also great in answering any questions you might have.
Linda
★★★★★ Mar 26, 2026
We both enjoyed it, especially Natalie. She is calm and quiet now. She was so excited all day. She does love to write stories and had also wanted me to include the one about her first McDonald cookie. That is why she felt compelled to tell you about it. She has a notebook that she uses for her writing. I truly appreciate your guidance with homeschooling. As usual, no need to return anything since I always keep a copy.
Thanks, Linda
Candie
★★★★★ May 5, 2026
We had a very nice time having our evaluations.
Jessie
★★★★★ May 12, 2026 Wonderful!
Darlene is so thorough and caring! So wonderful talking with each child about what they have learned!
Sara
Thank you for your video on testing. It was very helpful, informative, and definitely stress reducing. 🙂 Thank you so much for all that you do!
Rachel
Thank you so much for your time support and kind words. We are very proud of her❤️ The Lord gets all the glory for helping us be the parents he created us to be🙏 I just remember what scripture says about raising children (proverbs 22:6). I never thought I would homeschool but Im so grateful that I was able to. It has really made a huge difference in all aspects of our lives as a family❤️
God bless
Crystal
God has used you to grant such peace as I homeschool this year and learn more about the law! 🙂 Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
P.S. I have a printed copy of the Homeschool Law, double-spaced, and I plan to study it over the course of the next few weeks! Thank you for the recommendation. 🙂
Nikki
I just watched all of the videos and heard exactly what I needed to hear. 🙂 I enjoyed the Good Advice for New Homeschool Moms as well as your philosophy on keeping it simple and fun is the main focus. I appreciate the link and I’m sure I will refer to it again very soon.
Thank you Darlene!
Dawn
Your whole site is a wealth of info. No minimum required grades on standardized tests! This alleviates so much- literally no reason to stress. Just teach your kid! Thank you for taking the time and doing this work to help others.
Donna
Thank you for doing our evaluations again this year. On the way home, the boys were talking about how much they like meeting with you.
Tim said, “She treats us like we’re important.
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