Specific Requirements
The percentage of classes in the state not taught by highly qualified teachers, in the aggregate and disaggregated by high-poverty compared to low-poverty schools (schools in the top and bottom quartiles of poverty in the state).
Public Law 107-110 Section 1111 (h)(1)(C)(viii)
Public Law 107-110 Section 1111 (h)(2)(B)
Definitions
For the school and the local educational agency (LEA), the percent of classes in core academic subjects taught by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) compliant teachers and by non-NCLB compliant teachers. For the LEA, the percent of classes in core academic subject areas (as defined by NCLB) taught by NCLB compliant teachers and by non-NCLB compliant teachers, disaggregated by high-poverty schools compared to low-poverty schools. High poverty schools are defined as those schools with student participation in the highest quartile as defined by the free and reduced price meals program. Low poverty schools are those in the lowest quartile of program participation.
NCLB defines core academic subject areas as English, reading/language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics/government, economics, arts, history, and geography. Elementary school teachers must demonstrate competence in reading, writing, mathematics, and other core academic subject areas of the elementary school curriculum.
Guidelines and Data Sources
NCLB requires that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects be "highly qualified" no later than the end of the 2005-06 school year. In general, NCLB requires that to be designated as highly qualified, a teacher must meet the following three criteria:
- Possession of a bachelor's degree
- Possession of an appropriate California teaching credential
- Demonstrated core academic subject area competence by means of exam, coursework, advanced certification, or completion of the California High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) in the subject area being taught
Additional information about NCLB teacher requirements is available at Improving Teacher Quality [http://www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/tq/index.asp].
Data are reported on the Consolidated Application [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/co/index.asp].
Data provided by the California Department of Education (CDE).
