Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released new ratings for 875 undergraduate elementary teacher preparation programs. The latest Teacher Prep Review found evidence that the nation's top programs--those that graduate teachers well versed in both evidence-based content and methods of teaching--are not all the nation's best known elite universities, but include Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana State University - Alexandria, Louisiana State University - Shreveport, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, and Northwestern State University of Louisiana.