I could well be wrong on the details, but note that Bill Gates and his foundation funding enabled Common Core to meet RttP goals, in a way that https://dianerav

I could well be wrong on the details, but note that Bill Gates and his foundation funding enabled Common Core to meet RttP goals, in a way that https://dianeravitch.net/2014/06/08/the-inside-story-of-how-bill-gates-bought-the-common-core-standards/ https://dianeravitch.net/2014/06/08/the-inside-story-of-how-... describes as a "coup". Curriculum standards only work if people follow the standards, which for the US means tests, along with the artificial high-stakes I mentioned.