Highly Qualified Teacher Data
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
commonly known as NCLB, is a United States federal law that reauthorized a
number of federal programs that aim to improve the performance of U.S.’s
primary and secondary schools by increasing the Standard and
Accountabilities for states, school districts and schools, as well as
providing parents more flexibility in choosing which schools their
children would attend.
The Act
required that by the end of the 2005 -2006 school year all teachers would
be “highly qualified” as defined in law. A highly qualified teacher is
one who has fulfilled the state’s certification and licensure
requirements. Teachers must meet the following requirements:
