The controversy with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2011 can be argued in several ways. Debate rages over whether the law is effective in improving the American education system or whether it is flawed. Diane Ravitch, a former NCLB supporter, has turned into one of the law's leading critics. Ravitch even wrote a book explaining why NCLB failed. In The Death and Life of the American School System Ravitch criticized the way the movement to reform educational standards morphed into the movement to take tests. He also expressed his concerns about NCLB and how it has caused more harm than improvement to the American education system through television and radio interviews. In his book The Death and Life of the American School System and in his interview on the Daily Show with John Stewart Ravitch took a strong position on the failure of NCLB. For this article I will analyze the different rhetorical strategies used in each source to make Ravitch's argument about NCLB more persuasive to the audience. Both the book and the interview used different but similar techniques to make the argument strong; however, the reasons and evidence in each case can help build a stronger foundation for the other source. I will mainly focus on the different aspects of the two sources that create trust and credibility and how through this trustworthiness accumulation improves logical argumentation. These two methods work together to convince the public of Ravitch's claims. Jon Stewart's interview with Diane Ravitch on the Daily Show focused on the book The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Stewart asked Ravitch why she believes “standardized testing and choices are undermining education.” I found this source via Google search engine using "No Child Left Behind" and Diane Ravitch" as search terms. I also didn't have to look very far for the second source since I already had the book at home. Since my source main was an interview done about Diane Ravitch and her book, I thought it was a good idea to incorporate it to support her argument in the interview. Given Ravitch's historical background as an assistant secretary of education and award-winning author of numerous books, it can be said with certainty that these sources are credible.