As a science teacher I believe that both state and national standards are necessary. They should serve as a rough outline and not the 'end all'. For example in biology, human anatomy is a topic that everyone should be made aware of!! Many of the standards for science are VERY broad. For Earth science one of the high school standards is being able to understand the structure of Earth. I could spend most of the year on that topic alone.
I think standards in general are the only way to assure that people have a base knowledge about a subject. The idea behind public education is to provide opportunities, and at least attempt to provide a level playing field (although I know its far from reality) through a core base of knowledge.
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