And why not? I thought that most homeschooling programs had to meet state education requirements and that at a minimum would more than qualify a person to take and pass the GED test.
There are plenty of government **teachers** out there who can not pass the GED ( especially the math section).
And,... as an employer, I promise you that there are huge numbers of graduates of our nation's socialist K-12 schools who can barely read and can not add two columns of numbers without a calculator. Fractions? Decimals? Long division? Subtraction? Are you kidding?
My feeling is that homeschoolers should be held to the **exact** same standards used for those kids attending our nation's socialist K-12 schools. Obviously the government's standards for promotion from grade to grade in its socialist indoctrination camps is complete illiteracy and innumeracy. So? That should be the **same** standard the government should apply for homeschoolers.
If you are curious about state homeschool requirements I recommend the Homeschool Legal Defense Association website.
Some states have no regulations on homeschooling whatsoever. Others require that parents submit portfolio of the children work for review. ( This was the case for my homeschoolers in Maryland in the 80s and 90s). Some require evaluations by certified teachers.
Overall, though, homeschoolesr score 30 or more percentile points higher than average socialist schooled children, therefore, legislators see little reason to further regulate homeschooling.
This is not meant to answer your question which appears to be rhetorical...just an observation...in some quarters a GED is considered circumstantial evidence of spotty education and the typical attendant shortcomings. I would never suggest to the recipient of a superior home education, that he should obtain a GED. Unless of course it would shorten his sentence. :)