| To encourage further discussion of effective teacher preparation programs, the U.S. Department of Education established the National Awards Program for Effective Teacher Preparation in 2000. The award was designed to recognize teacher preparation programs that could present compelling evidence that their programs were effective in preparing teachers who could help all students meet high academic standards. Since one of the purposes of the awards program was to deepen discussion of high-quality teacher preparation, the U.S. Department of Education contracted with five of the regional educational laboratories, including McREL, to conduct a study of the structures and processes used by the four recipients of the award - Alverno College, Elementary Education Program; East Carolina University, Middle Grades Mathematics Program; Fordham University Graduate School of Education, Initial Teacher Education Elementary Program; and Samford University, Elementary Education Program - to systematically evaluate their teacher preparation programs. McREL has prepared a two-volume report that presents descriptions of the structures and processes of systematic evaluation that these programs use to ensure that they prepare teachers who are effective in leaving no child behind in academic achievement. Volume 1, the cross-case analysis, is attached as a single pdf file. Volume 2, the case studies, has been broken up into a number of files for easier downloading. | 
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