[Courier]

The State is correct.

Parents can homeschool but the State has a compelling interest to know that these kids are not being subjected to what would amount to child abuse resulting in an uneducated person who may end up on the State dole at best, a sociopath or psychopath at worst.

All the government wants is to know they are really being educated.

From the parents' behavior, I believe the State has good cause for concern.

[CyberCowboy777]

The state has no right to FORCE testing.

The question is can a state FORCE compliance to education standards and testing. Would you agree that the State could force socialist indoctrination or one particular religion? Once you give the state supreme power to FORCE education and by it's standards your right to self determination and thus the right to Liberty and the pursuit of happiness are taken. Rights that cannot be forfeited or taken by State or Fed as they are inalienable rights foundational to the U.S. Constitution, making them Fact of law.

The state can only intervene if life or property is at risk per the rule of law. Children studied at home may or may not be 'harmed' as determined by some abstract social/economic standards (who sets the standards and will you agree when 'they' are diametrically opposed to your way of life?) but the body or harm cannot be produce in fact so the government has no place.

It is Tyranny.