@rimugu I'm saying that a body that funds, has power over interstate trade, and has in the past performed oversight (e.g. Voting Rights Act) seems the most logical to help ensure evidence based, data driven standards. I see this as different than mandating what is on the curriculum. But maybe more when a curriculum is inadequate.

Maybe similar to university program accreditations. I, perhaps wrongly, still think of that as federal oversight as DoE selects the agencies.