Teachers are still the most important tool.

Teachers are still the most important tool. Having a highly qualified teacher, a key requirement of No ChildLeft Behind, can make a big difference in student performance on statestandardized tests A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] and in college preparation, particularly for minorityand high-poverty students. The Education Trust recently released a report, TeachingInequality inequality,in mathematics, statement that a mathematical expression is less than or greater than some other expression; an inequality is not as specific as an equation, but it does contain information about the expressions involved. : How Poor and Minority Students are Shortchanged on TeacherQuality, that shows many low-income and minority students are morelikely to have less qualified teachers, according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. Kati Haycock,director of the Education Trust. "In virtually every state and district, instead of puttingkids with less with the most expert teachers we do the opposite,"Haycock says. "We take the kids with less and turn around and givethem teachers who have less education and less skills. And this practicedoes grave damage." The report, in part, focuses on three states, Ohio, Illinois Ohio is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 540 at the 2000 census. GeographyOhio is located at (41.556900, -89.460995)GR1. andWisconsin. Researchers used an index of teacher quality in Illinois,basing it on factors such as how teachers performed on college-admissiontests, teacher experience, and the percentage of teachers in a schoolwho failed the state's certification exam on the first try,according to Heather Peske, senior associate for teacher quality atEducation Trust. In the highest poverty high schools with high qualityteachers, twice as many students met state standards as did students inother high-poverty schools but with low quality teachers. And studentsin Illinois who attended school with average teacher quality and onlytook Algebra algebra,branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as II were more ready for college than peers who took calculus calculus,branch of mathematics that studies continuously changing quantities. The calculus is characterized by the use of infinite processes, involving passage to a limit—the notion of tending toward, or approaching, an ultimate value. but were in schools with low quality teachers. Rep. George Miller George Miller may refer to: George Miller (comedian) (c. 1942–2003), comic George Miller (footballer), Liberian professional football player George Miller (Latter Day Saints), nineteenth century leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, third ordained bishop of , highest ranking Democrat on the House Educationand Workforce Committee, says the report proves the cumulative effectpoor teachers have on students that need the most. He said cuts inteacher quality funds in the appropriations committee In the United States government, the Appropriations Committee can refer to either: the United States House Committee on Appropriations the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is "nothelpful." Miller adds that schools should give compensation to teachers inmore difficult schools. CHANGING the Tide Ways districts can improve teacher quality. * Changing the order of hiring, with the highest poverty schoolshiring from the batch of new teachers first. * Having principals who know how to collaborate and help newteachers improve. * Banning unfair budgeting practices so the strongest and mostexperienced teachers are in the highest-needs schools.