Lamar Alexander actually said...

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

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

Unless you're careful, you're going to get your performance standards, your teacher evaluation systems, your achievement gap requirements......

We ought to pass whatever we can pass. The House can pass whatever it can pass.