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This article looks at the quality of students entering preparation programs that will drive the standards and accountability movement. Until we give serious attention to improving the quality of selection criteria, the standards movement has little chance to impact education positively. This study warns that no aspect of our preparation programs is more damaging than our reputation for being a refuge for mediocre candidates. A program consisting of mediocre candidates will not likely pull the standards cart—more likely, such a program will stall the cart in its tracks.

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