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Ever since it's conception, No Child Left Behind has been causing issues.  Lately these issues are becoming more and more apparent as more and more teachers are caught in the act of helping their students on standardized tests.  NCLB makes it so that schools must reach certain standards in order to remain in good standing and receive federal funding.  Additionally, some teachers' jobs rely on how well their students perform.  This is a lot of pressure.  Not all students are good test takers, no matter how good their teacher is.  Not all students learn at the same pace or should be expected to perform on the same level because no two students are exactly alike.  Students' success should not simply be measured by tests written by people who aren't even in the school system.  Not to mention that schools that are failing are the ones who need the federal funding the most because they are the schools that have less local funding and less resources to help their students achieve.  Teachers are not at fault for every child that fails. There are too many factors at play to simply blame teachers, but yet, that is what happens.  And, that is why so many teachers are cheating.  It is not that they didn't teach the material or weren't good educators all year, it's all those other variables they can't control that could cost them their jobs.