Schools utilize testing to assess students and teachers performance in their respective areas. Tests trap students in the dilemma of choosing between learning for educational benefit and learning short-term to pass a test. Student's results on tests can not only determine if they advance to the next grade, but also their future in some instances. Teachers are also hindered from fulfilling their job because if their students don't pass the flawed tests, they are punished …showed first 75 words of 765 total…

…showed last 75 words of 765 total…of knowledge and intelligence so that the Student will no longer end up victim to all-powerful tests. Works Cited Goodman, Amy. " Bush's New $2.5 Trillion Budget." Democracy Now. URL: <Tab/>http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/08/1458256 (8 Feb. 2005). Solomon, Marty. "The Problems with No Child Left Behind." Education News. URL: <Tab/>http://www.educationnews.org/problems-with-no-child-left-behind.htm <Tab/><Tab/>(5 April 2004).