Teacher Standard The 2009-2010 Accountability Progress Reporting System issued by the Department of Education from the state of California contains information necessary to understand the laws and requirements necessary for public educators to meet. The state of California issues adequate yearly progress report (AYP) to not only issued guidance but also to take accountability of what the new standards will be for the future of educators and what things they need to know in order to continue on with their profession.

This document first introduces the key changes that will be implemented throughout the new year and how they differ from the past. This report breaks down California's progress in two different methods by state accountability requirements and by federal accountability requirements. State mandated requirements stem from California's public school accountability act of 1999 and the federal mandated requirements stem from the Elementary and Secondary education act that was passed a federal law.

This document is quite long at 90 pages and is repetitive and often confusing. It does list general answers to requirements for teachers and education systems that need to be followed. These include certain standardized test scores and that need to be met in order for funding from both state...

Oftentimes these statements and objectives are clear and also at times they require more information and research. Standards and objectives are clearly listed throughout the document depending on what particular law or regulation needs to be followed, this makes reading easy however the complicated laws and many rules make this report confusing long and not very interesting to read. Unfortunately teaching should not have to be this complicated and there should not be this many rules in order to fit both state and federal regulations.
PART II

The AYP for the state of California is one document that features requirements that teachers need to be aware of in order to successfully understand the requirements from all of the many sources interested in their success. Besides the AYP, the California standards for the teaching profession (CSTP), which provides guidance on teacher attending credentials for their profession, and the English language arts content seems for California public schools K-12 are also interesting documents that when contrasted provide guidance at different levels for the teacher…