Title: Educational Considerations, vol. 20 (2) Full Issue
Abstract: At one extreme are those who contend that the successful complelion 01 a teacher preparation program is an illdicatOf of quality.At the other are those who assert thaI teacher preparation is a meaningless hurdle, unduly restricting the flow of "high q ua lity~ human resources 10 the teaching labor market Lateral Entry To Teacher Education: Impact on Labor Quantity, Quality and Student Equity by aettye M aePh8 11-Wilco~ and Lynn K. Bradshaw /\Ilamati.eroutes to teache r certificalion Moe t>ecoma p<>pu lar again.By 1990.al but ooe state.Arkan.aas,tIaC! {)( was consklerlng en al ternat ive ce rtilic at lo n program (F<IISlnlze r. 1990).One oItl><l most popu"" a~",nativll ceruli• catiOro SI.ategies is tna 18t" r81 ""try prog.am.&nd ea~~ ~e< .!lions 01 ~ llave been described el$ewI>e'e (MacPiIIIli-WiIco>.and Ki19, 1988) Alte,native c.~,hC81>On programs 8." labor 'suH.c.efM:y policies" .InIended to ack!r$Ss teacher s.hortag6 whrCh hI~ oaured perOxlcely I/lroughout the /"Ostofy 01 public ecIuC:a1IOn (S«Iak.198iI) Earloer poIbe$ established pgkies whrCh pro-~ided k" provriOO<'lal endo~emenl.approved out•ot-lleld auor,pr'IIIntl, and emergenev licensure progr~m$ as means tor Incre&l"'ll ttoe e~oyWe I.bo< pool .Conce-rn abOOl teaet>er quality escalates Qften kli<>Mng the aClOlltion 01 alt&"'atill(!«rtiflcal.ionprogram$.thuS mli<lrlg 'q.Je.lity"B pers<Slent ISSue "' lhe hjsto<y of ed<.Jcalion (LQnoe.19~1 .Fo r exa,,,," e. • provisiooa l OO<1if~ti(l!1" poIlOe$ and out• oI'h l ~ "$Ig ~me nt pfac1ices 01 lhe 1970s l)ecamc t&'lI'lt& of criticiam when the e.t e~\ of the practice was mello public.Ae<:'ell it~tiorl ~tand8 ' cis were l ;.ghlMed and l egi lJati~.man-\la tcs wc" I~trodueed to reduce the proportion.tetime ~ leacllfr mlgl1l be ass;gned out• <>I•liekl without jeoper<lillng .e<:redit~bOnI tatus.In other wOO-ds.-'OOr "quali1y pot;ci."_eadopted 10 ~'" aQ8ins1 me anticipated erosion 01 ~A' room prodlX:l"'''Y reliUltlfl\llrom the """' II< adopIion 01 e "'sviti.ciency polrev'" 8enye MaePhalt-Wi!cox , Professor, North carotlna