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'Tools for Education Policy Analysis' is a training tool with several modules which include modeling worksheets. The training modules cover such topics as Assessing Policy Options for Teacher Training and Pay, Comparative Policy Analysis in Education, and Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Education. This hands-on interactive guide to evaluating and revamping education policy is designed to help policymakers in low-income countries identify weaknesses and make the most efficient use of scarce education resources. Education specialists in the developed world will also find the book an invaluable tool for analyzing priorities and arriving at cost-effective solutions given the practical and financial challenges teachers struggle with worldwide. 'Tools for Education Policy Analysis' is both a self-paced learning guide and a practical assessment tool. This book, which also includes a CD-ROM, presents relevant policy problems and engages the user in a search for effective solutions. Moreover, users can plug in their own data and apply the statistical models to the specific challenges of their own educational systems.