The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 changed the priorities of schools entirely. Instead of focusing on educating students so they can succeed academically in higher education or in a professional environment after school, schools now focus on making sure their students can pass a test. Schools are encouraged to have a high success rate on the test so they can receive more federal funding, most of the time at the expense of the students. The Act claims to be in benefit of children, when it's not even at a personal level with students, it enforces calculated generalized decisions that cause many children to be left behind because they would have lowered a school's overall test score, and in this case "Left Behind" means pushed blindly forward with no guidance so they don't affect funding.



