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They should have taken the test. In my state (Oklahoma) all kids have to pass a standardized reading test to receive a drivers license. I fully support the parents right to homeschool their kids. It is commendable that they choose to invest that much time in their kids lives. So just demonstrate that they've done a good job and let the kids show their ability by being tested.

They dont' give GED's or entrance to colleges to people who don't pass tests, so it is inevitable that testing is going to come up.

Do they have to take the test if there is no law requiring that they do so?

They should have taken the test. In my state (Oklahoma) all kids have to pass a standardized reading test to receive a drivers license. I fully support the parents right to homeschool their kids. It is commendable that they choose to invest that much time in their kids lives. So just demonstrate that they've done a good job and let the kids show their ability by being tested.

The purpose of the test in this case is two-fold: ostensibly, it is to measure the education level of the children, but the real agenda here is to find some concrete reason to actually physically remove the children from the home and place them in public school ("for their own good"). This is the hidden goal of the State and DSS, because the parents have defied the power of the State. The State knows they are on thin ice, so they are trying to "stack the deck" in their favor.

When the children go to college, they will of course have to take an entrance exam. They should be allowed to take standard SAT's when they choose to, and not at the behest of the State.

Not all university students have to take standardized tests to gain acceptance into their perspective schools. Some universities are recruiting homeschool students. Some homeschool students won't even go to college, they have many options for a sucessful life without school and without testing. They are Americans, and that should be their choice and the parent's choice when they are young.

why don't we force testing all children raised in day care or the parents who put them there, or test all people on welfare ? What is that they have rights? Oh, testing them would be against their civil rights, their right to privacy. Oh yeah... I thought so.

I say NO to standardized testing of homeschoolers. These tests are to make sure the teachers we pay are instilling knowledge in kids who are in their care all day. Homeschoolers do not apply.