Reasons: In 2002, the Bush administration presented a plan to improve school education. They were committed to closing the achievement gap between white students and students of color, while also aiming to support those who have been historically disadvantaged. So they implemented the NCLB law. Today, this law affects elementary and secondary education by implementing regulations that require all states to provide schools with curriculum that will improve students' understanding of math, reading, and science. To assess teachers' knowledge and exposure to these subjects, the federal government requires all students to take an assessment test to inform the government of their progress. According to David Hursh, in his article Exacerbating inequalities: the failed promise of the NCLB Act, last updated in September 2007, he stated that "NCLB requires that 95 percent of students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school be assessed through standardized tests aligned with demanding academic standards in mathematics, reading and science.” http://www.wou.edu/~girodm/foundations/Hursh.pdf By 2014, all students in every state should be proficient in all subjects, regardless of mental, physical, and cultural disabilities. NCLB law provides that all students are the same in their ability to understand information and their test-taking skills. They assume that students are capable of being proficient in areas such as math, science, and reading. However, not everyone is good at math, and some children may be stronger in one area than another. The “one size fits all” mentality does not address the achievement gap or support the historically disadvantaged. On the website www.edweek.org, last updated July 2011,...... middle of paper ......e, my 6th grade teacher taught us how to learn fractions using pancakes! Without it, I would never have understood the concept. Conclusion Transitional Expression: To Summarize The NCLB law does nothing for our school education in the United States. This negatively affects children in grades K-6 by assuming they all learn the same way, which unfortunately puts teachers in a difficult situation where they must teach these students regardless of their learning rate. This limits the training of students and does not allow them to learn in the classroom. Instead, they learn to learn strategically. In the book Bell Curve: Intellegence and Class Structure, written by Charles Murray, the word intelligence describes something real and the fact that it varies from person to person is as universal and ancient as any understanding of state of a human being..