My response to "Am I missing something" by I Count Too!

I remember feeling the pressure on the schools during these testing periods for TAAS and then TEKS and TAKS while in school, and I can't imagine what it is like now that No Child Left Behind is being enforced. I found this blog very interesting as I have only heard negative response from everyone involved in the system on the topic of this kind of testing. Teachers, parents and students all seem to have the same conclusion; the tests are a waste of time and resources that could go to teaching someting that can actually be useful to the students. I am curious to see an argument that is pro-NCLB. There are problems within school sytems due to a serious lack of funding and also a lack of hope in fixing the system. NCLB only serves to further disenchant those involved because it does not address the real issues.