Testing and "No Child Left Behind" Results in Students Suffering

Schools utilize testing to assess students and teachers performance in their respective areas. Tests trap students in the dilemma of choosing between learning for educational benefit and learning short-term to pass a test. Student's results on tests can not only determine if they advance to the next grade, but also their future in some instances. Teachers are also hindered from fulfilling their job because if their students don't pass the flawed tests, they are punished or possibly terminated. Testing in general and No Child Left Behind are flawed because as a result, teachers will educate in accordance with the tests, there is no universal way to accurately measure every student, and No Child Left Behind wasn't supported sufficiently enough to function.…