Education reform has been a hotly debated topic over the past decade and now especially with the upcoming presidential election. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was the most recent system to be shut down by the nation and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were replaced in its place. But as always with new education reform, there are problems and people criticize it heavily. While Common Core has positive attributes, there are more disadvantages than anything else. It limits what is done in class to only certain things nationwide, the standards confuse parents, and the resulting tests take away valuable classroom time and frustrate teachers, students, and parents. Common Core era No Child Left Behind was created by the Bush administration to help improve test scores in the nation because the country was falling behind. With this, by 2014, one hundred percent of public school students had to be at least proficient in all subjects tested on state tests. The creators of Common Core knew this was impossible, so in 2009 state leaders began the process of setting the standards. The creators decided that the standards should help students become more prepared for the “real world,” regardless of where they came from, across the country. Hence the creation of a level playing field for all students, giving them the same things to learn in all parts of the country. It has given kids in inner-city schools the chance to learn the same things as kids in suburban schools, and it allows students in families that move a lot to learn the same things no matter where they are, but it doesn't always work. Like this. way. One of the best aspects is that the standards would be the same everywhere, making it much easier for families who are constantly moving like military families and Witness Protection Program families, allowing children to stay on track for college or career no matter where they are, and this does not lower teaching levels to the “lowest common denominator”. The standards were created to make the journey challenging for students, but at the same time give them the opportunity to learn and be better prepared for college or a career right out of high school.