No Child Left Behind Act (Public Law 107-110, 115), is a Congressional Act signed into law by George W. Bush in January 2002. The Bill was a bi-partisan initiative, supported by Senator Edward Kennedy, and authorized a number of federal programs designed to improve standards for educational accountability across all States, districts, and increase the focus on reading. Much of the NCLB focus is based on the view that American students are falling behind in educational basis when scored are compared globally. Contrary to popular opinion, NCLB does not establish a national achievement standard; each State must set its own standards, but in order to receive funding, the States must meet a basic criteria of performance (Abernathy, 2007).[footnoteRef:1] [1: See: "Fact Sheet on the No Child left Behind Act," from the U.S. Department of Education, Cited in: http://www.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/factsheet.html; Also see: "NCLB: Conspiracy, Compliance or Creativity?" Cited in: http://www.middleweb.com/HMnclb.html.]
The national school reform No Child Left Behind directly addresses teacher quality (U.S. Department of Education, 2002), placing importance on effective and accurate teacher evaluation practices. Identifying predictors related to teacher evaluation systems that lead to teacher job satisfaction would assist school administrators in designing school programs and policies to retain quality teachers in the classroom. The high attrition rate on the supply and demand of technology teachers, most especially in the rural areas of North Carolina, is quite alarming (Weston, 1997). As the years run steadfast and unprecedented rapid technological innovation takes its course, the problems that still remain unaddressed on the supply and demand of technology teachers must now be quickly addressed to make sure that children will not be left behind academically.
With the implementation of "No Child Left Behind" legislation in 2001 came a significantly intensified emphasis on teacher accountability and evaluation, measured predominantly by student performance on standardized...
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