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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Sadly most of the U.S. teachers come from the bottom half of their high school graduation class with SAT scores well under 1000. Entry into education colleges are just not at all competitive. One way to turn our education system around is to mandate a higher bar into the profession.

And the cited source for this piece of wisdom is? And 1/2 of the American population graduated in the bottom half of their high school class. Entry into some education colleges is no competitive, just like entry into some colleges in general is not competitive. You have a lot of generalizations in your statement. [/quote]

The PP is misreading an old study, if they even bothered to read it. There is a single old study that concludes that incoming college freshman who designate education as a major have lower SAT scores than incoming freshman who designate other majors. There is nothing in the study about high school rank, actual SAT scores or "education colleges". Now interestingly, students who major in education as undergraduates score as well, statistically, as all other majors on the GRE, which can be thought of as an exit exam, according to another study. Therefore, the scores of incoming freshman are irrelevant to the quality or effectiveness of teaching or of undergraduate education programs.

Praxis tests are given at the end of a teacher education program, so if there is a high pass rate, the teacher education program is apparently doing its job. I agree that Praxis 1 tests are not as rigorous as they could be (more difficult than the SAT but slightly easier than the GRE) but Praxis 2 tests are solid.

Most jurisdictions now prefer or require master degrees. There is no study that concludes that any entrance exam for teachers into these programs are different than any other field's entry exam.

So, basically, the whole discussion of the SAT scores of education students is meaningless.[/quote]

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