1.   At a Jesuit high school where he studied Latin and Greek, he systematically tested teachers in contrarian debate.

2.   Before this year, Massachusetts was one of only seven states that did not test teachers for certification.

3.   Cellucci is also seeking to test current teachers, something that has drawn the ire of teacher unions and helped earn him his teacher basher moniker.

4.   Gore would require that all new teachers be tested and that elementary school teachers be aware of new research on reading education.

5.   He also did not call for testing current teachers, only new ones.

6.   Gore, who is more interested in testing teachers than students, proposes a wider array of federal programs than Bush does.

7.   He says all teachers should be tested to meet higher standards.

8.   He would also test new teachers before they enter the classroom and provide bonuses to good teachers.

9.   However, she said teachers are tested randomly or at the request of a supervisor.

10.   In Massachusetts, after so many prospective teachers failed the test last month, Acting Governor Paul Cellucci called for testing all teachers and firing those who fail.