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As the article says, teaching the standards required is not a bad thing when the standards are what the child needs to learn. Nothing anybody does will make the learning acheivement the same in every classroom, and its time we recognize this, but standard tests represent a way to verify results and this is needed in our education system today. Bush got his tests, Kennedy got certified (union) teachers.
A better solution would be to let schools and teachers negotiate for their jobs and salaries. Someday maybe the public will get behind this, until then we are going to have to do the best we can with what we have. BTW, I am applying to return to the classroom, to get up close and personal with NCLB and the rest of it. (Wish me luck)