NCLB is a prime example of the boon-doggles that result from bipartisan efforts. Bush should have rolled this proposal up and beat Ted Kennedy with it.
If you want to see how "dumbed-down" our education system has become, go to www.warroom.com (Quinn & Rose's site) and you'll find the test required to graduate from the 8th grade in the mid 1920's. I'll be amazed if anyone gets a 75% on it. It's easy to meet standards if you keep lowering them in the name of diversity, esteem-building, etc. They just dumbed-down the SAT again.
I just looked at the War Room (a Pittsburgh based conservative morning show) and found the link to the test which is actually from 1895. You'll also find a complete "Clinton Body Count" in the Most Wanted section.
Here's the URL to the test. http://www.warroom.com/1842finals.htm