I wonder if having national standards places too much curriculum control 
in a national body and doesn't give individual states enough say in the 
matter.  And if national standards were adopted, would individual 
districts be held accountable for not measuring up?  It seems to me the 
less the federal government has to do with educational outcomes the 
better.  Just thinking out loud.......dt
SK>Hi Dave,
SK> 
SK>-> Entering the world of standards is entering the world of unreality
SK>-> and pit falls. I best relate it to the industrial trap of building
SK>-> a product to specification, the government has mastered this trap
SK>-> in its world of MIL spec products.
SK> 
SK>......
SK> 
SK>While I appreciate your comparison of government MIL specs to school
SK>standards, I just don't buy that it is 100% analogous.
SK> 
SK>Stating what students should learn, in a national curriculum, and
SK>then holding them accountable for it by testing them on it...I just
SK>don't see the booby traps there. Could you please elaborate on it
SK>without the analogies?
SK> 
SK>Sheila
SK> 
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