The following papers are presented in this publication: (1) "The Technology of Teacher-Competency Testing" (Cordell Wynn); (2) "The Black Public School Teacher: Alabama's Endangered Species" (Charlena Bray); (3) "Early Identification and Preparation for Successful Entry into Teacher Education Programs" (M. Carolyn Thomas and Kathleen P. Tyler); (5) "Tutoring Children in Kindergarten through Grade 3: A Model for Improving Teacher Education Majors' Basic Skills" (Maudie M. Williams); (6) "Self-Perceptions, Locus of Control, and Perceptions of High School Students Regarding Standardized Testing and Teaching as a Career" (James Clay, Olivia Sanders, Nell Anthony, and Earnest Dees); (7) "Test-Taking Skills of Rural Alabama High School Students" (Katie Blanding and Earnest Dees); (8)"A Comparative Analysis of Test-Taking Skills and Content-Based Instruction Upon SAT Test Scores" (Howard Davis); (9) "Improving Analytical Skills of Minority High School Students: Implications for Test-Taking" (Beatrice B. Morse); (10) "Effect of an Innovative Program Upon Tenth Graders' Reading Achievement" (Ralph J. Bryson and Nora D. Lawson); and (11) "Assessing Curriculum Development in Perry County, Alabama: The CIPP Model as a Suggested Evaluation Framework" (Paul Brantley and Melvin Davis). (JD)