In all reality, it really is a revised iteration of NCLB which was a reaction to conservative pleas for more accountability in education, thus the tying of funding to performance.
There may be hope for you yet. "Conservatives" keep getting conned by the educrats. Don't be one of them.
There is an ideological component at work here for sure, the Alinsky-ites are all in for this schidt, but the axle grease that keeps the wheel turning on all of this is MONEY. That's why the Gates Foundation (MILLIONS of software packages) and the textbook publishers and their hired lackeys, IE Jeb Bush, are pushing this schidt.
