[TaxRelief]

Why must they be the exception to the rule?

Children in public schools are tested to determine if taxpayers are getting their money's worth out of teachers.

Children in public schools are tested to determine if they are receiving the services they have willingly sought .

Children in public schools are tested so that they can be brainwashed with a bunch of liberal nonsense while they are a captive audience (a.k.a the Reading Comprehension test).

Children in public schools are tested to determine if they have learning disabilities (last I checked medical information was supposed to be confidential).

[ChemistCat]

The children in my kids' private school are given standardized testing as part of their school's certification. They take the same tests that the public school children take. (And do much better on it for less money per child, but that's irrelevant.)

However, I do not believe that all private schools in my area give this test--not all are certified by the state or the North Central Association, nor do homeschoolers have to take any such exam here (unless they want to, or before attending a certified school.) So I have the choice and if I didn't want my children to take the test I could avoid it.

These parents do not have the right to move to a state where they have choice, because they've lost custody. Sounds like bondage to me--if you don't have the right to leave, you are a slave.