“A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of
many bad measures.”
~ Daniel Webster (1782 – 1852)

I am afraid the repeal of No Child Left Behind will not prove the cure-all that many people desire.

We have built large organizations and hired uncountable people to oversee NCLB and to meet its targets, within government bodies and within school districts. Those bureaucracies may alter their mission statements, but I doubt they are going away, even if the law that created their jobs has gone away. I doubt the push toward a Common Curriculum will be disappear. I doubt the tendency to try to solve local educational problems through sweeping legislative acts will vanish, although we have empowered states and many of those laws will now originate in state capitols rather than Washington D.C. Most importantly, I doubt that test-based evaluation of school districts will become a thing of the past. Too many constituents are invested in the Common Core, our tests, and our laws.