This document, a report on teacher education in music, contains both recommendations and surveys of current activities from the Commission on Teacher Education of the Music Educators National Conference. The document is divided into five sections for the topics of the five task groups of the commission: qualities and competencies for music educators; recommendations for critically needed changes in teacher education; identification of innovative programs and practices in the preservice preparation of music educators (includes brief descriptions of individual college programs); musical qualities and competencies for classroom teachers; and recommended standards and evaluative criteria for the education of music teachers. Included in the appendixes is a bibliography of research on the evaluation of music teacher education programs. (JA)