“To achieve this goal, the NCLB requires a series of assessment and accountability measures designed to increase the number of states adopting subject-area content standards and tests linked to those standards. If students in any of a number of demographic and income categories fail to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward proficiency in the subjects tested, the schools and school districts they attend must institute corrective measures or face sanctions, including the loss of Federal Title I funds” (Tech Trends, 2006). Unfortunately, the influences did not anticipate that this act would actually diminish the quality of education in the United States, because No Child Left Behind forced the schools to “dumb down” their curriculum in order to pass the students who were not meeting the criteria based on the Act’s standards.
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