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a <br />• NCLB expects all students within a school or <br />school system to achieve the same level of <br />proficiency, despite their limitations or <br />special needs <br />• NCLB sets absolute expectations for children <br />within specific subgroups, when the growth <br />of these children, particularly those with <br />special needs and those who are typically <br />high achievers, would be a better measure of <br />success <br />• Parents and communities find it difficult to <br />distinguish the difference between the ABCs <br />and AYP, and the two do not have the same <br />measures <br />• A school can be a School of Excellence <br />under ABCs and be a failing school under <br />NCLB <br />11 <br />