Another opportunity lost to vague language

If you want to legislate reform, you need to be extremely specific about what must change. Any vagueness in your language will inevitably only enable current practices. Consider a recent bipartisan math initiative to improve math instruction in Colorado. As an article in Chalkbeat reports, 

The bill does not define “evidence-based,” instead deferring to the state education department to highlight curriculum and instructional programs that experts believe will best serve students.

Good luck with that.

Same goes for similarly (and systematically) vague Common Core standards.