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My dad (a retired elementary school principle) wasn't a huge fan of the policies. I think he was worried about increasing the stress-levels of his kids because of the added standardized testing (and believe me, in NY state, they KNOW standardized testing as there was already quite a bit before).
His school always did very well on the tests, but he felt like the teachers were suffering because their lesson plans had less flexibility and in turn the students were suffering because they weren't getting as well-rounded an education.
And he was REALLY peeved when they cut funding for a grant about halfway through when he had worked nights and weekends for a year trying to get it. I'm not 100% sure if the school ever got even half of what they were supposed to be able to get with that money - he retired right after the funding was cut (not because of that grant - that was a rough year in a lot of ways and he needed to retire).
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