Former Head of Massachusetts Schools Weighs in on Tenth Anniversary of No Child Left Behind

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The sweeping federal education reform act called No Child Left Behind was signed into law  in January of 2002. The cornerstone of the legislation---more standards-based academic testing and strict accountability measures. But now, ten years later, efforts to renew the law are bogged down. Former Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Education- David Driscoll was at the helm when NCLB was passed and is considered the architect of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Test-or MCAS-which predated the federal standards. Driscoll says that overall NCLB has not produced substantial results for the nation's public schools in part because of unrealistic timetables.