No Child Left Behind, the controversial reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act adopted under President George W. Bush, just celebrated its 10th anniversary. It has set an agenda for education built on the premise that setting high standards and then measuring students’ progress against these standards is the best way to improve academic performance. Now in March, with National Literacy Month upon us, there is no better time to evaluate this legislation and no better way to evaluate it than by examining its impact on literacy, the cornerstone of education.