This is not a scholarly article with citations and references (so if you want a link go buy some pork sausage ;)
A buddy who likes NCLB (and has never taught anything in his life - his wife taught his boys how to ride bicycles!) made the comparison: "Education reforms are like Money Ball. Businessmen are trying to change education because it is broken ... they're trying a new approach and what is wrong with trying something new to see if we can fix it?"
Well ...