The contributors to this volume include scholars and financial analysts. Their data, means of analysis and policy insights should be a useful source for future research and educational improvements. Going beyond mere juxtaposition, the editors' show how chief ideas represented in the chapters relate to one another and have developed over the last few decades.

Hardbound. This volume is the seventh in an annual series of works on educational productivity centered on how more can be accomplished in education without consuming additional human, economic, and social resources. In Evaluation Research for Educational Productivity a key question addressed by the authors is: How do current developments in evaluation research enhance our capacity to come to conclusions useful to policy makers and program professionals? Reynolds and Walberg have brought together exemplary contributions from leading scholars who describe their evaluation approaches in...