Lamar Alexander actually said...

"My bias is to go the other way, using as evidence most of what's happened in the last few years."

"But as a country, you've just gone through a whole series of exercises where States have together created common standards, common curriculum."

"It sounds like we're getting some distinction between career-ready and college-ready."

"Unless you're careful, you're going to get your performance standards, your teacher evaluation systems, your achievement gap requirements... all written here by somebody instead of in the State office..."