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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sarah J. McCarthey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Caption: Sarah J. McCarthey, a professor of language and literacy in the department of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education, says the controversial No Child Left Behind law has forced teachers in low-income school districts to craft a curriculum that marginalizes writing at the expense of teaching to the test.

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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