NCLB -- Teaching Quality Paraprofessional online database

Welcome to the Education Commission of the States' Online Interactive Paraprofessional Database

Paraprofessionals play an important role in education. One of the outcomes of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 was a set of federal standards for paraprofessionals employed in Title I, Part A, funded schools, who provide instructional support in the classroom.

This report investigates each state's response to these requirements, in addition to highlighting what policy states have adopted to internalize these federal standards. Certification requirements were researched as well, though certification of paraprofessionals is not a direct condition of the NCLB act, several states have implemented such requirements.

Please feel free to explore our findings for Title I Instructional Paraprofessional qualifications and certification requirements, paraprofessional professional development programs and state assessments for paraprofessionals.

A state profile allows for you to view all, or selected pieces of, information for a single state of your choice. Click on one of the following links, and then click on the state that you would like to view.

State comparisons allow you to pick more than one state, and up to four questions, to compare and contrast states of your choice side-by-side.

Instructional Paraprofessional Custom Survey Report

These reports allow you to view all of the data, or selected portions as listed below, for all 50 states.

The collection and analysis of this database is supported by the National Center for Teacher Transformation based at St. Petersburg College, Florida.


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