Aspiring teachers in the Bay State did not do as well on their tests. More than half of the applicants who were accepted into the state's fast-track teacher certification program contingent upon their passing the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure failed the test, according to an analysis by a critic of the fast-track program. "Half of applicants fail test for teacher program," by Michele Kurtz, The Boston Globe, August 29, 2002.
