A Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom: Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act and Reauthorization Issues for the 112th Congress (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Jan. 4, 2011 |
| Report Number |
RL33333 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Jeffrey J. Kuenzi, Specialist in Education Policy |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
This report examines implementation of the NCLB requirement and estimates the extent to whichschools achieved the law's goal of placing a highly qualified teacher in every classroom. Afterdescribing the highly qualified teacher requirement in detail, the report analyzes data from anational survey of schools that provide information on teacher qualifications during the 1999-2000 school year. These data suggest that more than four out of five teachers would have met theNCLB definition of a highly qualified teacher prior to the date of enactment. Monitoring datareleased by the Education Department indicate that the proportion of highly qualified teachersmay have gone up slightly by the end of the 2005-2006 school year, but that no state reached the100% goal.In addition to the findings of this analysis, knowledge gained through NCLB's implementationhas important implications for future policy-making in the area of teacher quality. This reportconcludes with a discussion of issues that may be considered as the Elementary and SecondaryEducation Act reauthorization process unfolds. The teacher quality provisions, along with the restof the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, will likely be considered for reauthorization bythe 112th Congress. This report will be updated as significant legislative developments occur.
