Teacher Accountability

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how teacher accountability is an important aspect of the educational experience, but contends that this cannot be the only focus. The paper maintains that this may shortchange America's students by creating a nation of teachers who are qualified on paper, but do not really reach their students in the classroom. The paper relates reasons why the current teacher accountability standards are not working. The paper concludes that teacher accountability is a good step in many cases, but it is certainly not the only consideration in a full, well-rounded education.

From the Paper:

"In the article States struggle to reach teacher qualification goals by Annie Schleicher, the author discusses the "No Child Left Behind Act" and the struggle for the nation's teachers to reach "highly qualified" standards by the end of 2006. What makes a highly qualified teacher? The teacher must have a bachelor's degree, be fully certified in the state where they teach, and must demonstrate mastery in the core subject they teach. There are several problems with this requirement. Each state has different certification and mastery requirements, (which also must be approved by the federal government) (Schleicher, 2006), so teachers cannot easily move from one district or state to another, and most of the nation's teachers have not reached the mastery goal by the end of 2006."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Schleicher, A. (2006). States struggle to reach teacher qualification goals. Retrieved from the Online Newshour Web site: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/nclb/accountability.html 22 Jan. 2007.

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