Show requirements for teaching certificates the standard of qualification tor for teacher certification in the different states is gradually being raised more mare states ars are recognizing professional training including practice teaching and brantl graefing gran fing ng certificates on earned credentials the idea of requiring candidates for or teaching positions to take an examination before receiving a certificate la Is losing ground during the past few years there has been a remarkable kable lne rease in the number of 0 certificates issued upon the completion of professional coerces and a corresponding decrease in the number of certificates by ed professional preparation each of the 48 states now recognizes I 1 professional training tor for credit toward certification in 1911 only 2 states required professional training tor for certificates of the lowest grade the number of states having this prerequisite in 1919 had increased to 17 and now 27 estates re qulie professional training for all their teachers before grafting igram gram ting any teaching license twenty tour four states now require high school graduation or its equivalent as a prerequisite tor for any certificate in 1919 this waz was required in only 11 states and at the present time 21 states require training beyond a tour four year high school course as a prerequisite for any certificate while in 1911 only 1 state had this thia requirement qui rement teacher training in a recognized institution of higher learning as a basis for certification from all indications will soon ibe be required in every state |