Fifth, one little - noted benefit of properly implemented common standards is a better -
functioning education marketplace, in which parents will be able to make choices about schools on the basis of more accurate information about how schools A's performance compares with that of school B — not just within communities and states but also when considering a move from state to state.
This is characterized by competition for the
marketplace which is open to anyone who can produce the goods and services, unhindered by government subsidy, monopoly, or other interference with competition.1 For a system actually to
function as free enterprise capitalism there must be opportunity for individuals in the general populace to obtain
education and also to obtain access to capital and resources for new ventures.