Another conservative critique of NCLB

The concern from the right has been that NCLB is primarily about increasing federal control of what should rightfully be the business of the state and local communities. In theory NCLB could provide rational standards that would improve all education, but in practice, that hasn't really happened, and instead, we've just gotten more federal government intrusion without much real benefit.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/12/getting_past_no_child.html