Professionalization of Teaching; Teacher Testing

The purpose of this study was to determine whether, according to teachers who have taught in more than one state and have had to fulfil various state requirements for certification, standards for either teacher certification or teacher preparation should be revised to reflect a more uniform system. Data were collected from questionnaires completed by 83 experienced teachers and other school personnel from school districts in the three demographic regions of the country (East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast). The six public school districts which participated in the survey were: Dayto