June 11, 1999

Report Criticizes Teacher-Licensing Tests

Colleges and universities should set higher graduation standards for prospective teachers than states require for teacher licensure, according to a report released last month by the Education Trust, based here.

Most states, the report concluded, rely on low-level licensing tests that exclude only very weak students from the profession, and most of the tests can easily be passed by advanced high-school students. None of the tests in the

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