"As an ESL teacher, I can tell you that NCLB has had a profound effect on my students. For starters, we lose about six weeks of instructional time every year just to administer the Hawaii State Assessment (HSA).

Furthermore, there is talk that soon this test will become a graduation requirement. Immigrant students will be required to either pass this test to graduate, regardless of their grades or time in the United States.

"Because of NCLB, all we do is practice for the tests, and then take them. We need to educate the whole child, but we are all being robbed of that opportunity. Please help us."

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