Originally Posted by Val
True...but my point was that teachers need to be competent in the subjects they teach, not necessarily the brightest.
But the GRE is not a subject competency test. Similar to the SAT, it is more of a test of aptitude or even intelligence. Teachers take Praxis tests to prove competency in the areas they are going to teach. Now I wouldn't fault you for criticizing the Praxis system (the math test is a JOKE), but you are talking GRE. Also, please remember that the only people who take the GRE are those who are planning on attending graduate school. This is not a snapshot of the general population, so these scores don't mean that teachers have below-average intelligence.