I have very mixed feelings about standardization. If the standards guaranteed individualized education, I'd probably be on board. I'd love for local administrators to stop having their little petty kingdoms where their rule is law, even if their rule is dumb and bad for kids. Stupid seems to rise to the top, and I'd love to see the end of that.
However, I would frankly expect more crap (ala NCLB) out of standardization, not less. More bureaucracy rarely means a better fit for GT kids. They don't fit the standard, so standardizing tends to hurt them. I like that now there's at least a chance for a creative teacher to really teach a GT kid. I suspect standardization would go a long way to ending that possibility.
FWIW...
