All the big states have done it. It's the hot thing in state government. It's the centerpiece of Governor Bush's campaign for President, which is going quite well. Once all the states adopt their own state curricula based on state tests, they're not going to billion that different from each other. I mean, it's a fairly minor point whether you trump them all with the national curriculum.
Colleges can look at the state tests and see what they mean without a national test.
The other thing I'd ask people to remember is we have a national curriculum. The SAT, in effect, other tests like advanced placement and SAT 2's, the achievement tests, textbook sales, there's all this stuff going on in the private sector that in effect, creates a national curriculum. But it works a lot better for the most prosperous and studious kids than it works for everybody. So if we have one already, let's go all the way and say we're doing it and do it right. I'm afraid we have to leave it there.