No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was a policy designed to ensure that all students, regardless of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic background, received a high-quality public education. Which of the following statements is true?
A) NCLB is no longer necessary because almost all students in U.S. schools meet minimum performance standards.
B) One of the most important factors of NCLB was that students learned how to engage in critical thinking.
C) To avoid losing large sums of money, some schools actually helped students cheat on standardized tests.
D) NCLB was a movement away from the performance-based accountability that had dominated U.S. education for more than 75 years.

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Some schools felt pressured to cheat on standardized tests in order to avoid losing funding under the strict accountability measures of NCLB. However, this ultimately undermined the effectiveness and fairness of the policy.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Was a Policy Designed to Ensure