Ads are running on TV here in Pennsylvania. I don't recall exactly who is running them, but its either the teacher's union or the National School Boards Association.
The most recent ad I saw was a teacher complaining the she has to spend all her time "drilling" for the standardized tests that she can't teach other stuff (probably stuff from her union propoganda handbook).
Take a look on nsba.org - they have critical documents about NCLB - oh, they try to make them sound like they are supportive, but they basically want to gut it, but still want more money from the Feds.
I was talking to a friend of mine and commenting how my kids had finals ... she had not realized that in catholic schools they have finals EVERY year .. and asked why would they do that
I had to explain to her it's just a review of what they learned thru the year to make sure they learned and remembered before passes to the next grade
That totally blew her away
Considering that the standardized tests cover basic stuff, if she's 'teaching to the test', the kids ARE getting the basics.