American schools have drastically changed since the implementation of No Child Left Behind. Since its adoption in 2002, the law has been revised several times. The goal of NCLB is to close the achievement gap and improve education by holding administrators and teachers accountable for student learning and performance. The legislation requires state developed tests, with predetermined proficiency standards, in core subject areas (Solomon, 2009). NCLB also calls for improving teacher quality. In the past years, states have focused on revising teacher evaluation policies in order to achieve the goal of highly qualified teachers in every classroom (Hazi & Rucinski, 2009). NCLB aims to improve education by placing highly qualified teachers in every