Who are responsible for setting the goals for public school teaching in America?

Americans have never had nationaI education standards. (9) Goals for what public schools should teach are set by state and local school boards. Their members are often elected.
    But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy. Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading. "
    President George W. Bush and Congress expanded federal intervention. His education law, still in effect, required states to show yearly progress in student learning as measured by the states’ own tests.
    Now, the Obama administration supports what are known as the Common Core State Standards. These were developed in a yearlong process led by state governors and chief state school officers. Texas and Alaska were the only states not to take part.
(10)The standards are in two subject areas, English-language arts and mathematics. They establish goals for each year from kindergarten through grade twelve; The aim is for students to finish high school fully prepared for college and careers.