" understand that's my opinion, but you obviously also have yours. You are the most dedicated apologist for the NC EOG's I've ever met."

Actually, I hate the things. I really do. Too much time is wasted in NC testing, retesting, and preparing for the thing. It all started in the mid 1990s w/ an "accountability" movement. They need to give the tests once, at the end of the year, and only make it a large percentage of the kid's grade. This pass/fail high stakes, month long process is just wrong.

"I've debated you now for days providing ample evidence that homeschool education can and very often does provide a superior education for students."

I think we disagee on this obviously. We're talking about different sets of tests, different types of kids. I agree that you have proven that some home schooled kids do well on nationally normed tests. Again, if all NC public school kids took the same test as all home schooled kids w/ the same test setup, I would agree. Wouldn't you? Also, don't you at least see it's unfair to compare a poor inner city youth's test scores w/ an affluent child and proclaim that the affluent child's education is better w/o allowing for the upbringing?

clover-"Most high-end private schools also don't use the NC EOG's, rather they use nationally-normed tests, but their superior scores are not in dispute. Only someone with a rigid political agenda would call their superior scores into question, just as only someone with a rigid political agenda would call into question the nationally-normed test scores of homeschool students.'

I actually do like debating w/ you clover. At least you keep at it rather than some people who just throw out political talking points and then vanish. I would be in favor of a natl. test if there was only one and everyone had to take it under the same circumstances. I believe there isn't one because states have traditionally been the ones to handle education. Ironically, I think a lot of conservatives would see it as the fed. govt. once again meddling in something they don't belong. But that would be the only way it would happen.

Maybe everyone should home-school their child. Then there would not be a need for public school and their issues. All problem would be solved. Are would they?

I pray that those who do home-school their children are really qualified. If not, you can do more harm than good.