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Audience: Parents with children who pass the test with ease. They may not see a problem with it, but it is affecting their children in unseen ways. Their children are not being motivated to do their best, they are not being challenged. They are not the focus of the school. Their money is being wasted on these tests that their children do not need. Thier are less diverse classes to attend.

-WATCO strictly focusing on test scores for the students under the NCLB Act
- Focusing strictly on the test scores of the students may cause the school to focus their energy on the students who are on the bubble and also cause the teachers place their focus on passing the test instead of on what they want to teach. And for the students who pass the test may be wasting their time in class.
-Because relying to heavily on standardized tests to show progress places the school under pressure to make their school look good each year and to do this they need to focus their efforts on the test and on the students who are on the bubble of passing.

Benefits of NCLB: Makes sure students are learning the basic skills in school. Makes teachers and schools accountable. May provide better teacher quality.

Negative aspects of NCLB: Teach to the test, narrower curriculum, wasted time, unwanted stress, waste of money, less advanced programs, the focus is on the kids who are on the bubble not the advanced or the disadvantage kids. Advanced kids may not be achieving all that they can.