This certainly seemed to be the case in the initial
phase of the Common Core State Standards, when the idea
of «fewer, clearer, and higher» standards that were consistent across states was supported by an unprecedented coalition
of business, civil rights, government, and
labor groups (see McDonnell and Weatherford's (2013) article «Evidence Use and the Common Core State Standards Movement: From Problem Definition to Policy Adoption» in the American Journal
of Education for a detailed explanation
of the varying reasons why so many
different groups initially supported the Common Core).