-> 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.
It would depend on the actual implementation of the curriculum. I can
envision such a curriculum which would still allow an appropriate amount
of local control.
-> And if national standards were adopted, would individual districts be
-> held accountable for not measuring up?
All proposals for National Standards that I have so far hear of, are
proposed as voluntary.
-> It seems to me the less the federal government has to do with
-> educational outcomes the better.  Just thinking out loud.......dt
National Standards do not necessarily imply Federal Standards. It doesn
not necessarily imply involvement of the federal government. National
Standards could be written by an independent body of education
professionals who did not hold any government positions. There are many
ways that this could be implemented.
Sheila
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