A Review of the Nation's Teacher Preparation Programs, which studies and analyzes the results of all the teacher education programs and teacher candidates' examination scores in the United States, reveals disturbing statistics about the performance of teacher candidates on their certification examinations and the adverse effects this poor preparation has on these Teacher Preparation Programs and education of the nation as a whole. This declining performance has produced a shortage of highly-qualified teachers, especially in schools serviced by minority teachers. This archival study was designed to verify if there is a correlation between admission criteria into the TPPs and the teacher candidates' performance on the Generalist EC-6. Controlling for age, gender and ethnicity, the study revealed that there is no correlation between the admission criteria (GPA, English General Core GPA, and the THEA Writing and Reading scores). However, a review of the profiles and individual test scores of 151 former students of an HBCU in the Southwest of Texas between 2011 and 2016 revealed of all the predictor variables, only two were statistically significant--THEA Reading and THEA Writing scores. A high THEA Reading score made candidates 16.50 more likely and a high THEA Writing score made candidates 13.53 times more likely to pass the TExES exam than the other variables. The teacher candidates' GPAs also played a significant role on the exams only when the grading standards were strict and avoided grade inflations. Other variables such as ethnicity, gender and age played a role in the passing of the exam. Consequently, this study suggested a collaborative approach to teaching and studying to improve teacher candidate performance on the TExES Exam and to increase the required 80% passing rate of Teacher Preparation Programs in Texas. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]