NCLB exposed the dismal performance of schools.

NCLB暴露了学校的糟糕表现。

Ten years ago Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), a bold effort to improve America's schools.

十年前，国会通过了《不让一个孩子掉队法》(No Child Left Behind Act，NCLB)——一项旨在改进美国学校系统的大胆举措。

His plan would fix NCLB's most obvious failings, such as neglecting to track the progress of individual pupils.

他的计划将弥补 NCLB 最明显的缺陷，比如忽视了对于单个学生的进步跟踪。

State standards diverge wildly. NCLB's main goal, for all pupils to be proficient in reading and maths by 2014, is unrealistic.

鉴于各州的标准相差巨，NCLB的主要目标，即到2014年前让所有小学生熟练掌握阅读和算术技能，根本不切实际。

The federal government provides less than 10% of the money schools spend. But NCLB, the most recent incarnation of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, gave the federal government unprecedented influence.

虽然来自联邦政府的补贴在学校开支中占比不到10%，但是作为1965年中小学教育法(Elementary and Secondary Education Act)最新体现的NCLB法案给了联邦政府前所未有的影响力。