Massachusetts Home School parents who attended the MCAS hearings several years ago were told that taking the MCAS would be optional for their kids. That was at a time when the MCAS was not "High Stakes". It will be important to keep eyes and ears open as the High Stakes status becomes fact. In order to work in the Commonwealth after that, the "Human Resources" will need a CERTIFICATE, which can only be had via the MCAS. The academic portion of the Assessments isn't the problem: the subtle way that it determines the values and beliefs and PCness of the "student" IS.
Well EDUCATED citizens are a threat to a Planned Economic System. THree cheers for Home Schools, Freedom and Liberty, they go hand in hand.
The more people that home school, the better. Personally, I hope I'm lucky enough to one day marry a woman who'll want to homeschool our children.