Since we are reading about the creation of the SAT's. I wondered how many of you felt that that PRAXIS I , II , and specialty area is another device to exclude individuals from careers and opportunity or as an agent to prevent unqualified individuals out of a profession ? Just in case you did not know ETS has exclusive rights to administer the following tests and has testing site and university cooperation:

AP® - Advanced Placement Program®
CAPA - California Alternate Performance Assessment
CAHSEE - California High School Exit Exam
CLEP® - College Level Examination Program®
ETS®TOPE - ETS® Test of Professional English
GMAT® - Graduate Management Admission Test®
GRE® - Graduate Record Examinations®
NJ ASK - New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK)
PRAXISTM - The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers®
SAT® - SAT I: Reasoning Test and SAT II: Subject Tests
SLS - The School Leadership Series
STAR - California Standardized Testing and Reporting
TOEFL® - Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM
TOEIC® - Test of English for International CommunicationTM

P.S. Many educators today complain about the children having to pass the Gateways in NC. Just think about how many gateway's you as a fully qualified teacher had to go through. Just look at the list, you may remember a few.