Writing Standards

While completing the CCCS Project more questions as to who is writing them come into my mind. The standards vary greatly from subject to subject. The way they are written and what is expected of students. As I realize why American classrooms need standards, there is another question. Where is the accountability on schools, administrators and teachers together, that the standards are being followed? I could see from the building I work in that the vast majority of the teachers do not have a clue regarding the standards in their own discipline. This obviously goes along with the administrators themselves not having a clue of the standards. As the government drafts more laws and expectations for teachers, they are lacking the resources to explain to the educators what exactly is expected of them. Not to mention standardized testing and the pressures of NCLB. Educators should have a louder voice on the laws that govern education. However, it seems to me that the people drafting these laws are not always familiar with education and probably have never even been in a classroom before.