What will the impact of inclusive practices have upon academic reading performances?

5- Dissertation

CHAPTER TWO - LITERATURE REVIEW

2 .0 Introduction

This is literature review of the academics standard , inclusion co-teaching differentiated instruction and increasing reading scores in inclusive classroom . The research is going to differentiate between the Academics standards , the method of teaching , the inclusion of learners with disabilities , co-teaching and differentiated instruction with the increasing grade scores . In addition , we shall summarize the stipulations of different scholars and organizations literature relating the . The analysis of co-teaching and inclusion is through characteristics such the teaching method and performance of students

p 2 .0 .1 Collection of theories and secondary sources

The researcher used books that are available at the University for the Literature . The computer lab played an important role in accessing other scholarly written articles through the internet . Therefore , the process of gathering articles and other forms of literature was done primarily through the frequent use of university facilities . Research on internet was done through a funnel manner that is using key words like inclusion practices and students performance . In addition , the government and state documents were used extensively as supplementary resource during the search of information

2 .1 ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Academic standards set out by no child left behind act for identifying performance of children majorly consider the qualification of a teacher In the act they defined what is classroom performance should be and who should do it , that is a highly qualified teacher . The definition of a highly qualified teacher , which is legal , is found in no child left behind and is applicable to all levels of education is ` the teacher who has obtained full state certification as a teacher or has passed the state teaching licensing examination and holds a license to teach in such a state and the teacher has not had certification or license requirements being waved on an emergency , temporary or provisional basis (Vandevoort , L . G , Amrein-Beardsley , A Berliner , D . C . 2004 . This definition has exceptional for charter schools teachers where the definition of highly qualified teacher is a person who owners a bachelors degree and has demonstrated by passing a rigorous state tests subject to knowledge and teaching skills in writing , reading mathematics and other basic elementary school curriculum . For middle level secondary school highly , qualified teacher means a teacher with a bachelor 's degree and as demonstrated a high level of competence in each of the academic subjects in which he is teaching . He must have passed a rigorous state academic subject test in each of the academic subjects in which the teacher teaches or successful completion in each of the academic subjects in which the teacher teaches , of an academic major , a graduate degree , course work equivalent to an undergraduate academic major or advanced certification or credentialing (Grissmer , D Flanagan , A , Kawata , J Williamson , S . 2000

A teacher 's content knowledge becomes more crucial the higher the grade level the teacher teaches . As content material becomes more complicated so does the need for a teacher with a stronger grasp of the...