The problem of attracting and retaining minority teacher candidates is particu larly acute at the present time. Given the competitiveness of the current job mar ket and the heavy emphasis on stan dardized testing for all teacher candi dates, the difficulties of attracting quality minority teachers are becoming more manifest. Is there anything that can be done to ameliorate the situation? Bell and Morsink suggest that solutions are emerging. They proffer and discuss two techniques for use by teacher educators in their efforts to increase the number of quality minority teacher candidates: developing testwiseness programs and providing minority students with men tors and role models.
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