Recent research suggests the need for more intensive clinically-based teacher preparation programs. Many institutions of higher education, in partnership with school districts and education reform organizations, are responding to these findings. This article focuses on the experience of administrators and faculty in one urban teacher residency…

This paper provides cost-effectiveness measures that can be used for analyzing secondary vocational programs in terms of program effectiveness against cost-efficiency. (Author/IRT)

This discussion has outlined the role played by program costs in the three-stage policy process--policy formulation, policy implementation, and policy evaluation. It has described both the relevance and a framework for education policy evaluation. (Author/IRT)

Looks at the problem of determining how much is invested in the U.S. for inservice programs for elementary and secondary school personnel. (Author/JM)