He said if the bill is approved, education standards could be developed on the floor of the Legislature instead of by experts.

“Frankly, I can’t believe that this is what the citizens of Wisconsin want — that legislators are going to be writing standards. It’s way above my pay range, and it’s way above theirs,” said Evers. “There’s an effort to outnumber me, which seems odd, and then it just throws it into a political arena and has people writing standards that don’t have a clue.”

Rostan said it’s up to Evers “how involved he wants the Legislature to get.”

“I think it really only politicizes it if the state superintendent decides to grossly reject what the board comes up with,” said Rostan. “The only time the legislature is going to act is if the superintendent says, ‘You know what, we are going to go in a completely different direction.’ ”

If the legislation is approved, DPI would need to create a new state test linked to the new standards, Rostan said.

Wisconsin school districts are scheduled to begin using the Smarter Balanced Assessment, which is aligned to Common Core, next school year.