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One other thing about standards.  In a professional setting they are usually formulated by the professionals themselves for their profession.

In the case of the toilets, it would be rare to have a committee of toilet manufacturers come up with the standards.  It would be more of a plumbing association along with sewer experts who would be involved with standards.  There could be some building people involved.  But, exceptions may be made on the toilet standards based on the pipes in an older city or the capacity of the sewage plant or etc., etc.   Even standards that do not deal with human beings (who are very, very complex) have to have some flexibility in order to encompass varying possible real world scenarios. [/quote]

Again, teachers *DID* participate.  As did experts on childhood development, subject matter experts, and others.  The standards did not come out of a vacuum.  They were compiled from several [i]pre-existing state standards[/i], and numerous teachers groups (i.e. English and Math teachers' organizations, as well as the two major teachers' unions) had representation and distributed them among their membership for review and comment, and a multitude of comments were used to inform and improve the standards.  [/quote]

And yet, teacher support for them is plummeting. And just wait until the test scores come out next fall!  CCSS supporters will be on the run then. [/quote]

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