In principle it should be but in this case the devil was in the details. Take the Quadratic Expression forms o Standard Form: ax^2 + bx + c o Factored For

In principle it should be but in this case the devil was in the details. Take the Quadratic Expression forms o Standard Form: ax^2 + bx + c o Factored Form: a(x – r1)(x – r2) o Vertex Form: a(x – h)^2 + k Arkansas could decide that in Algebra I all students must know those three forms. But the book I had was created off of a standard that said that the Factored/Vertex forms weren't needed until Algebra II so it didn't cover all of them. I would have needed to recognize that shortcoming and figured out a way to cover it so that my students didn't appear to be lacking according to the ever-shifting standards. Not impossible but arbitrarily stupid to redesign the standards every couple of years.