1. Quality Teachers Greelee, Bobbie
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The distribution of high quality teachers has become the focus of policymakers since the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) required all states submit plans for ensuring that minority and poor children are taught by highly-qualified teachers. However, defining "high quality" teachers has less to do with attributes that characterize effective teaching and more to do with certification policies. These policy efforts, however, that ease entry into teaching may improve a supply of "high quality" teachers at the expense of student achievement. Evidence from research makes clear that preparation and certification of teachers has significant effects on student achievement gains (Darling-Hammond,
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2. Goals Manso,Kathleen
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Although most states have not lowered their cutoff scores to make it easier to meet NCLB requirements that they show progress toward making sure all students are "proficient" by 2014, eight states with high standards have lowered their expectations at some grade levels since the law was passed in 2001.
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3. Failing Noguera,Pedro
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Few NCLB critics argue against higher academic standards.
However, while it is easy to set the standards (actually, it has not
been that easy in several states), it is far more important to insure
that the standards and conditions under which...
