Overall, just a huge school fail

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Nearly half of America's public schools didn't meet federal achievement standards in the year 2011, marking the largest failure rate since the criticized "No Child Left Behind Law" took effect a decade ago.  The Center on Education Policy report shows more than 43,000 schools(48%)did not make enough yearly progress this year. The failure rates range from a low of 11% in Wisconsin to a high of 89% in Florida.  The law requires states to have every student performing at grade level in math and reading by 2014, which most educators agree is an impossible goal.  State's scores varied wildly. For example, in Georgia, 27% of schools did not meet targets, compared to 81% in Massachusetts and 16% in Kansas.  That's because some states have harder tests or have higher numbers of immigrants and more low-income children, also because the law requires states to raise the bar each year for how many children must pass the test.