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We were required to test also, without needing to turn it in. I (a mom of 2 grown unschoolers) handled that a couple of ways:

We just didn’t test. This wasn’t too risky, as homeschooling inspectors rarely made home visits or required homeschoolers to show their required documents. They had to announce any inspection well before they came, so I figured if they were coming, we’d do a test before then. That never happened.

My youngest needed standardized test scores to qualify for... something. I don’t remember now what it was. I was a tiny bit nervous when I saw what I thought were requirements: that someone other than the parents proctor the test, that the test be timed, that the test-taker take the test alone.

I looked deeper, and found those were strong recommendations, not requirements, so it became an “open-book” (open internet) test, overseen by me, not timed in any way, and taken over a few days in our home amongst everyone. (I may have lied on the form, that we had followed the recommendations; I don’t remember that, either.) He could ask any questions he needed to ask. If we’d been required to hand in test scores every year, we would have either done this, or I’d have taken the tests for them.

For most of it, he decided to not look anything up, and ask only clarifying questions. He was 17, and wanted to see how he’d do. He got frustrated when he got to the higher math questions, so after trying several things, I took that part for him. If he’d wanted, I’d have filled in the entire test for him. I find standardized tests kinda fun.

This is my family, our lives. I was very comfortable with those choices.

Caren