COAG differs from the U.S.'s National Governors Association or Canada's Council of the Federation, because these bodies only include state/provincial representatives, whereas COAG includes federal and local representatives as well.
An example of learning standards are state-developed learning standards as described below or the Common Core State Standards(CCSS) developed by the NGA and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Australia – Council of Australian Governments (COAG) (unlike the NGA and the Council of the Federation, the COAG also includes representatives of the federal government.)
Association football | association football | National Football League | National Register of Historic Places | Forward (association football) | National Hockey League | Goalkeeper (association football) | Defender (association football) | England national football team | National Basketball Association | National Science Foundation | National Geographic | National Trust | American Association for the Advancement of Science | National Endowment for the Arts | National Geographic Society | Association of Tennis Professionals | Argentina national football team | National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty | National Park Service | National League | Australian National University | National Guard | National Geographic Channel | National Institutes of Health | American Library Association | National Guard of the United States | World Boxing Association | National Collegiate Athletic Association | United States National Research Council |
The draft, dated October 23, 2001, was produced by Gostin without consultation from any of the various groups he listed on the title page as being "in collaboration with", namely, the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Association of Attorneys General, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and the National Association of County and City Health Officials.