<p>My parents homeschooled me up to 9th grade. My (full-time) mom doesn’t have any teaching certificates. She only has two masters and a Ph.D. If that restrict were there a few years ago, then my mom wouldn’t be “qualified” to homeschool me, while she could teach at a university. </p>
<p>Our homeschool is a charter (CA). We (students of the charter) are required to take the standardized exams that public school students take - Star9, Iowa, etc. - EVERY YEAR! Some of us also started taking SAT I/II since 5 or 6 grade. The only exams that we weren’t able to take were APs, because we had to sign up for AP exams through local high schools. But every single school in the area, public and private, refused to let us take the exams on its campus. (I don’t know the situation now)</p>
<p>Home schooling definitely is not something for most families, but it suits our family needs well at the time. I am glad that my family had the freedom to choose and there were options to choose from.</p>