What is the effect of Highly qualified teachers on hihg school standardized tests?

The Effect of Highly Qualified Teachers

On High-School Standardized Tests

Background of the Study

The Federal Government of the United States is trying its best to provide a very effective educational system . Part of the improvement is to provide education with highly qualified teachers . The highly qualified teachers ' requirement is part of the No Child Left Behind

The Public Law 107-110 , more commonly known as the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT of 2001 (NCLB ) is the America 's federal law which reauthorizes different federal programs with objectives of improving performance of

br USA 's primary and secondary school through increasing standards of accountability for states , school districts and schools (Marsh Robyn 2003 . It also gives parent the opportunity to be more flexible in selecting which schools their children will enroll . Furthermore , the provision also allows an increased attention on reading and re-authorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA (Stecher , Hamilton Gonzales , 2003 . In to meet such aim , the government included in the act the context of hiring highly qualified teachers

NCLB notes that in to ensure effectiveness of teaching , highly qualified teachers must be considered (Mathis , 2003 . As mentioned above highly qualified teachers must demonstrate expertise on the subject matter . Accordingly , a highly qualified teacher is one who has completed the certification and licensing requirements and those who attained at least a bachelor 's degree . Further , highly qualified teacher is also described as the one who demonstrate subject matter expertise (Beaudoin 2003 . The demonstration of subject matter expertise depends on the tenure and level of instruction of the teacher (Ehrenberg Brewer 1994 . Having highly qualified teachers is recognised by NCLB to ensure that schools meet the standards provisioned by the law

The schools try to meet the requirements of NCLB in terms of hiring highly qualified teachers . Part of the role played by highly qualified teachers (Council of Chief State School Officers , 2003 ) is to provide effective standardized tests . Much studies have been conducted to determine how highly qualified teachers affect the performance and achievement of the students , however only few have given attention to the issue of the effect of highly qualified teachers on standardized tests provided to high school students . Primarily , the goal of this is to determine the effect of highly qualified teacher on high school standardized tests . The focus of this study will be on three schools in Chaffey Joint Union High School district schools of Ontario High School , Montclair High School , and Chaffey High School

Objective of the Study

The main purpose of this report is to determine the effect of highly qualified teachers on high school standardized examinations Specifically this report attempts of answer the following objectives

To know the significant relationship of highly qualified teachers on the standardized tests provided in Ontario HS , Montclair HS and Chaffey HS

To determine the effect of highly qualified teachers on HS standardized tests result

1 .2 Null Hypothesis

This study will work on the following hypothesis

Highly qualified teacher affects high...