The United States has always been striving to have the highest standards in the area of education in order to maximize the achievements of the students who will be responsible for the future well-being of the country. However, the current crisis in America with regards to education and assessment can be described as acquiring more and more complications nowadays. Varied educational establishments have showed lower results compared to the abundance of the other countries in the world, and the educational curriculum has narrowed since the act No Child Left Behind. The causes of this crisis may be connected to the absence of unified system of education approved in each state, lack of sufficiently trained specialists in the area of education and the omissions in curriculum.
Discussing the above mentioned reasons, it is evident that they are all connected to each other and need a systemized plan on solving them. First of all, with regards to the absence of unified system of education for each state of the country, it should be said that such drawback seriously affects the quality of provided education in the country. It appears that some states offer the highest in the world level of quality in the area of education whereas there exist some states with the lowest level of education quality provided which can be compared to the one existing in the third world countries. In order to overcome the current crisis in the system of education in the United States it is important to unify all the requirements for quality of curriculum programs. Secondly, the lack of sufficiently trained teachers can be also mentioned as a serious reason for crisis in education: teachers in the United States get less money than in the countries where education is on higher level. Thus, the occupation is not popular among young specialists, and having no well-trained and energetic specialists who would work on solving issues connected to the improvement of quality of education it is difficult to solve it. In addition, after the act No Child Left Behind the teachers seem to demonstrate lower level of professional moral. This sad fact adds to the seriousness of crisis in the system of education in America. Finally, the omissions in curriculum are rather significant. The biggest problem can be observed in the whole idea of organization of studies. Pupils study difficult subjects, fractions, for example, in separated blocks which may be planned within few years, whereas in the other countries the curriculum is organized around the other principle. This principle assumes that particular considerable subject is to be studied during a long period of time which is required for its complete understanding. If to remember the illustration with fractions they are to be studied for a semester. Thus, speaking about the possible implications behind the problems leading to the crisis in the system of education in the United States, it should be mentioned they are rather significant and require a well-planned and proper strategy of interference. More than this, it seems that poverty and lack of sufficient financing is the very implication behind the problems in the area of education.
Concluding on all the information mentioned above, it should be stated that there exist serious problems connected to American school curriculum and the lack of qualified performers in the area. These problems cause the crisis in the United Sates with regards to education and assessment.