A good education comes from a solid core of values and a curiosity to learn; not through the forceful directive to take tests as a measure of achievement or the threat of losing millions in funding if federal demands are not met. Education is not a competition
Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch, for example, commented that empirical evidence "shows clearly that choice, competition and accountability as education reform levers are not working"
A coalition of civil rights organizations, including the Urban League, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Rainbow Push Coalition released a statement that “Such an approach reinstates the antiquated and highly politicized frame for distributing federal support to states that civil rights organizations fought to remove in 1965.