I see now. You're saying the high school diploma isn't a reliable enough indicator. I'd like to see private companies offer testing, too. It would give us homeschoolers yet another option.
Yes it would!
The SAT and ACT have value but they do not show that the child has actually mastered and passed the tests for...hm?....8th grade geography. A government school transcript is absolutely not guarantee that that has happened. The only thing a government school transcript shows is attendance.
Yes, I could, perhaps, have an job applicant with a decent SAT score but they could still be an idiot and not know much.
Private tests per grade or subject, or a privately administered GED-type test could prove to colleges that students were academically ready for college. Private testing could make them eligible for government and private post high school training and college scholarships.
In my state, the teachers union **vigorously** fights any reduction in the age for taking the GED. If the legislatures allowed anyone of any age to take the GED there would be **massive** hemorrhage of students from the government schools. ( Which proves that the education-industrial-complex is **not** about educating children. It is about JOBS for the 5 million employees working the system.)
I see now. You’re saying the high school diploma isn’t a reliable enough indicator. I’d like to see private companies offer testing, too. It would give us homeschoolers yet another option.
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Yes it would!
The SAT and ACT have value but they do not show that the child has actually mastered and passed the tests for...hm?....8th grade geography. A government school transcript is absolutely not guarantee that that has happened. The only thing a government school transcript shows is attendance.
Yes, I could, perhaps, have an job applicant with a decent SAT score but they could still be an idiot and not know much.
Private tests per grade or subject, or a privately administered GED-type test could prove to colleges that students were academically ready for college. Private testing could make them eligible for government and private post high school training and college scholarships.
In my state, the teachers union **vigorously** fights any reduction in the age for taking the GED. If the legislatures allowed anyone of any age to take the GED there would be **massive** hemorrhage of students from the government schools. ( Which proves that the education-industrial-complex is **not** about educating children. It is about JOBS for the 5 million employees working the system.)