In today’s society, there is widespread agreement that the American educational system is less than optimal. Many feel that, although the No Child Left Behind Act established sound principles, its underfunding has rendered those principles meaningless. There have also been widespread reports that state are “dumbing down” standardized testing so that state scores can show the improvements necessary in order to maintain or improve their status. Many parents complain that school curricula is far too focused on teaching students how to test well, at the expense of truly teaching subjects in a way that engage students’ natural curiosity.
Due to provisions in the No Child Left Behind Act, out of necessity, the focus of many schools is to raise the scores of students who test in the “far below basic” and “below basic” proficiency levels on their yearly assessments. Even so, most schools lack the resources to give those students the attention they need in order to improve their test scores.
Further, parents of children who test in the “proficient” or “advanced” range often feel as though their...
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