California and Homeschooling
My take is that if your kid is home schooled and passes standardized tests, then the state needs to but out.
agree and disagree
I think it's a parent's option on how best to educate his/her child(ren).
But to think that if a kid passes a standardized test is enough to merit a "quality education" is ridiculous.
I've had to administer Texas standardized tests more than I ever wanted to. And it's not at all indicative of the true nature of educational quality the student has received nor does it accurately measure the potential a student has.
I think high school, which I taught for years, is primarily social. Kids learn more about how to be in the world and around one another than they learn about theorems and laws of physics and literary tropes and schemes.
So I would be hesitant to recommend home schooling, personally, if the situation was too socially shut off. But it should be the parents' choice.
And I know of examples where students benefited more from home schooling than public schooling, so keep in mind I am speaking in generalities.