Why do we have academic standards in K-12?

There seems to be much confusion about why we have academic standards at all. Some folks want them because they want uniformity across schools. It doesn't matter whether the standards are low or high so long as they are the same for all kids.

There seems to be much confusion about why we have academic standards at all. Some folks want them because they want uniformity across schools. It doesn't matter whether the standards are low or high so long as they are the same for all kids.…