Dr. Robert F. Sabol, professor of visual and performing arts at Purdue University says that art education has suffered some serious setbacks since No Child Left Behind--the landmark federal education law that put a greater emphasis on high-stakes testing. Since No Child Left Behind became law in 2002, school systems--under increased pressure to raise student proficiency rates in the "core" subjects of reading and math--have less money to spend on materials such as paint and clay, and art instructors have less time to teach students what to do with those things, a Sabol study found. But now--as the Obama administration grants states more flexibility under No Child Left Behind and state and local educators work to implement a new set of education standards known as the Common Core State Standards--art educators are hopeful that they can restore art education to what they believe is its rightful place.