The new teacher test ing ini tia tives pres ent a new op por tu nity and a new chal lenge to clar i fy thinking about the na ture of the teach ing pro fes sion and about the prep a ra tion of well-qual i fied in di vid uals to meet the im pend ing short age of teach ers for the na tion's schools. This ar ti cle ex am ines re cent im ple men ta tion of the con tro ver sial Mas sa chu setts Ed u ca tor Cer tif i ca tion Tests and the ed u cational, le gal, and pub lic pol icy is sues in the im ple men ta tion of a teacher test ing pro gram.
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