Although "Governments can hire experts to determine standards by doing research, and then can apply those standards over time to the schools they regulate.", th

Although "Governments can hire experts to determine standards by doing research, and then can apply those standards over time to the schools they regulate.", those supposed experts can be pretty bad. Richard Feynman relates a fascinating account of this in his book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!". Aside from him, every "expert" gave good scores to books that were entirely blank. Some quotes from that: https://fs.blog/2016/07/richard-feynman-teaching-math-kids/ https://fs.blog/2016/07/richard-feynman-teaching-math-kids/ http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2006/08/richard-feynman-on-textbook-review.html http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2006/08/richard-feynman-on...