I know, I belong to HSLDA, but feel they've got their assessment wrong here. Because, for example, in TN, if your child doesn't do well enough on standardized tests (which the state requires they take in certain years) they can be forced back into the public schools (some kids have disabilities or don't perform well on tests). But in MA, you can simply send in a progress report (one of three options) rather than standardized testing. And they don't have in the law that you could be forced to put your child back in public school due to low scores even if you do choose the standardized testing option. So the homeschooling laws here seem really reasonable. We want to move, so we've thought a lot about where to move that will have equally good homeschooling laws.