To no one's surprise, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act has become a political football in this election season. Amidst the heated rhetoric and impassioned claims, it can be easy to forget that NCLB is no one thing but rather an awkward compendium of many disparate pieces. While public officials are pressed to render absolute judgments--that NCLB is a wondrous advance or a malign mistake--observers and educators must recognize that anything as unwieldy and complex as this law will inevitably yield mixed results. NCLB's remedies for students whose schools have been identified as needing improvement may not be working as intended. In this article, the authors recommend some mid-course corrections that could help ensure that the law's promise is fulfilled. (Contains 7 notes.)