Most comments here are basically saying these results don't make sense, but I think they make perfect sense. I was in school during No Child Left Behind, and th

Most comments here are basically saying these results don't make sense, but I think they make perfect sense. I was in school during No Child Left Behind, and they only achieved that goal by teaching to the lowest common denominator. Those of us who could learn faster weren't allowed to, or learned in subjects not covered by standardized testing. From the outside, the end result did indeed look like everyone learned at the same rate.