[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

Award any child ( regardless of age) an official high school diploma from his local high school if they score above a certain level on the SAT, ACT, or GED exams.

No, because then everyone here will do like the Chinese and spend their entire childhoods mindlessly memorizing the answers to standardized tests. We need less Asian education, not more of it.

[wintertime]

So...If you feel that way about government school then you would keep your child in government school until the age of 18 or 19.

Other parents would see value in having their children in the real world of the community and meaningful work.

[Lorianne]

A way to get around that is to have an essay requirement for reading/writing and having to show actual math problems solved rather than choosing A,B,C or D on a test.

Some parts of the test could be standardized. Say for example basic vocabulary.