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Effective communication skills are imperative given the interac tive nature of teaching. In this study two measures of preservice teacher communication ability were tested to determine their predictive validity with respect to instructional performance. Both instruments used, the Communication Competency As sessment Instrument and The Snyder Speech Scale, appear to be excellent measures for predicting the clarity with which pros pective teachers will be able to present concepts and ideas to students. Recommendations are offered for relating teacher per formance to teaching effectiveness and for improving preservice teachers' speech competencies.

Successful innovation in teacher educa tion depends upon resolving issues regarding four interrelated themes: identity, non-passivity, control, and cur riculum. The authors' examination of the first year and a half of an innovative mas ters-level program explores the specific development ofthese themes. For exam ple, faculty and prospective teachers began to establish an identity with teach ing and teacher education rather than with subject specializations. McCaleb and his colleagues discuss their institu tional progress on the radical changes needed in teacher education.

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