That only explains why he graduated as a senior with such a low GPA. I think without No Child Left Behind he would have repeated 9th grade multiple times until

That only explains why he graduated as a senior with such a low GPA. I think without No Child Left Behind he would have repeated 9th grade multiple times until he dropped out -- though I could be wrong. I'd say a part of the problem is that the school doesn't have enough funding in general, that class sizes are too big for a teacher to even manage a class or get to know their students well enough to understand them, and tailor how they teach to what the student knows. edit: I do agree No Child Left Behind creates a perverse incentive, just claiming that it's not what caused the problems at this school