Today's educators live in fear of the draconian consequences of failing to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. In this article, the author offers sage advice on how to "comply" with the law and not get hurt. In this analysis, the author also offers guidance to his public school colleagues who, yearning to dodge the distress brought on by NCLB, sometimes operate solely on the basis of PAP. His chief purpose in this article is to introduce educators to a set of inchoate, innovative tactics that, if employed adroitly, will stave off a great deal of suffering.