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Answer: C - One of the biggest criticisms of the 2003 public education initiative No Child Left Behind is that it overemphasizes standardized testing, thus compelling teachers to “teach to the test” rather than teach skills and concepts in their entirety. It is also criticized for having the unattainable goal of achieving 100% proficiency at every grade level, which is impossible to achieve due to myriad outside factors. Learning disabilities, ailments that cause long-term learning disruptions, as well as the prevalence of children in abusive or underprivileged homes who have a predisposition to struggle academically due to emotional stress, abuse, malnourishment and lack of encouragement or aid at home, are just some of the outside factors that schools cannot address directly but which have an effect on student performance.