NCLB is the epitome of lowered standards, the "everyone gets a gold medal for showing up, so nobody's self esteem is hurt", failure of the US education system.
It really should be renamed "every child held back".
Teachers teach a minimum syllabus, geared only towards the goal of x% of students pass a standardized test.
So, the teacher has to spoon feed the material to the spastic ADHD kids, while the truly bright kids rot in the corner.
Otherwise, if Beavis & Butthead don't pass, the school's numbers fall below passing, funding is lost, hands are wrung, teeth are gashed, etc etc
It really should be renamed "every child held back".
Teachers teach a minimum syllabus, geared only towards the goal of x% of students pass a standardized test.
So, the teacher has to spoon feed the material to the spastic ADHD kids, while the truly bright kids rot in the corner.
Otherwise, if Beavis & Butthead don't pass, the school's numbers fall below passing, funding is lost, hands are wrung, teeth are gashed, etc etc