Each year, schools across the nation are expected to meet certain guidelines and measures of progress; otherwise, it classifies them as academically unacceptable. Academically unacceptable schools in the United States are all at risk of being reconstituted, a terrible, “worst-case scenario,” “just in case” plan. Reconstitution: The act of rebuilding the academic and extracurricular aspects of a school that fails to meet state-mandated annual academic progress by replacing much of the school staff with new teachers who can perform better academically than the year's teachers previous ...or so they say. Reconstitution, in most cases, is fueled by a school's failure to follow Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind law. The bottom 1% are considered low-performing schools and must undergo the reconstitution process. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find positive feedback and information about replenishment. Former Assistant Education Secretary Diane Ravitch, once a supporter of the No Child Left Behind Act, is now opposed to the policy as a whole. He believes this policy puts education on the wrong track and will not improve public education because of the emphasis on test scores, which leads to cheating and dishonesty. He says the program has also turned schools into an “educational marketplace” because schools compete with each other for better resources. Overall, the No Child Left Behind Act, as well as the reconstitution, appear to pit schools, faculty, and students against each other, leaving many, many children behind. Washington Post writer Emma Brown wrote that: “While test scores may be a cru… middle of the paper… they are required to meet as a “reconstituted” school. The State writes them down and at the end of the game they say: "Here are the rules and you lose the game." So how can a school reject a standard that it isn't aware of? However, these expectations are not a game at all, they are the law and have consequences. In conclusion, reconstitution is an ineffective solution because it judges schools based on faulty policies and can put a school in a desperate situation. These policies have turned public education into a game, and an unfair one at that. Under this pressure, the administration implements unnecessary reforms to give the illusion of improvement, even though there is more evidence of failure than success. For the government to take control of a school and undergo such a long and expensive process, success must be certain,