National K-12 curriculum?

From Liz Bowie, writing in the Inside Ed blog at the Baltimore Sun:

... for years, every state developed its own curriculum, standards and tests. That process will likely change soon. For a good story on the subject, go to Education Week.
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This year, Maryland and 45 other states decided to jointly develop a common group of standards for what should be taught in kindergarten through high school.
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[a list of who] will be writing and reviewing the new national or "common core" standards for math and language arts [...] here.