Nature Cures ADD/ADHD #4

Being an education major, I found this article fascinating.  Doing my internships in the schools, I have seen the way that children lose their ability to focus during the day.
This does not just apply to the children with ADD and ADHD but all students.  In the college of education, the common idea is that no matter the age of the student, the average person can only focus on one subject at a time for a maximum of 20 minutes.
To know that simply providing students with an outdoor experience allows them to focus longer and perform better is an exciting concept. I can't believe that so few children are required to take physical education or any sort of class that keeps them active and engaged in their schooling.
However, with the pressure on test scores there is no way that schools will adapt this as an educational practice.  Even if it does mean that students will probably do better in the long run.
As it currently stands, schools are only concerned with making the Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) which is highly represented by test scores.  According to an article I recently found, 82% of schools weren't going to make AYP by this year unless Congress made serious changes to No Child Left Behind anyway.
Article used: http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/adequate-yearly-progress/