Inviting policy development is an attempt to cordially summon those who are involved and affected by rules, codes, and procedures to understand and participate in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies. This paper first presents criteria for an invitational framework for policy development and then goes on to discuss the nature of public participation during each of the six characteristic steps of policy analysis: problem definition, determination of evaluation criteria, identification of alternatives, evaluation of alternatives, comparison of alternatives, and assessment of outcomes. These criteria are then applied to three levels of educational policymaking: (1) inviting policy analysis in the classroom; (2) inviting policy analysis in the boardroom--expedient vs. participatory politics; and (3) inviting policy analysis at the provincial level. A short bibliography is included. (TE)