The No Child Left Behind Law was signed into law in 2002 in order to give disadvantaged children an opportunity to succeed in school, and was designed to reform Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This law was to reform many of the foundational standards in public schools regarding disadvantaged students - which included those receiving special education services, students in poverty, minority students, and those who were limited in speaking and understanding English. There was much controversy surrounding the NCLB Law as schools were held responsible for how well students performed, and were penalizing when there was no show of improvement in reading and math scores over time. There were many positive outcomes to
