Michigan school districts have been struggling with how to deal with low test results in Social Studies and other non-"No Child Left Behind" testing focuses.
Because NCLB tests solely in math and reading to grade the progress of the schools, they and their teachers have shifted their focus to concentrate on those two subjects, at the cost of all other subjects that they are required to test for in the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) as well as their own standards of performance.
No Child Left Behind needs to be reformed so that it doesn't ignore other important subjects. Education needs to be more well-rounded than what No Child Left Behind calls for.
Children may not be left behind, but something definitely is.
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