Foreword, Susan Fuhrman 1. International Cooperation in Comparative Education Research, Noel F. McGinn 2. Predictors Of National Differences In Mathematics and Science Achievement Of Eighth Grade Students: Data From TIMSS, Erling E. Boe, Henry May, Gema Barkanic, and Robert F. Boruch 3. Pedagogical Practices in English Language Education, Rita Skuja-Steele and Rita Silver 4. Vocational Training and Education, Christoph Metzger, Hidenori Fujita, Song-Seng Law, Robert Zemsky, Jean-Etienne Berset, and Marcus Iannozzi 5. Higher Education Reforms: Determinants and Directions, Akira Arimoto 6. Education Evaluation and Indicators in P. R. China, Singapore and the USA, Zhang Li 7. The Six Nation Project as an Experience in Collaborative Research, Noel F. McGinn