Set of National Standards. Is it a Good Idea?

I found this article to be very interesting. Forty eight of the U.S. state governors came together to propose a national standards system. NCLB wanted proficiency by 2014. So the states were left to determine what they felt their students should learn, hence the difference in curriculum and what-not. This point of this proposal is to have a national system of standards that cover the core curriculum for math, language, and history.

Do you feel that it would be a good idea to have a national standards system?

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/governors-state-education-officials-propose-national-education-standards/story?id=10063270