The Collaboration for the Improvement of Teacher Education (CITE) Project, now beginning its third year, consists of a blocked semester of three courses--curriculum and methods, social aspects of teaching, and measurement and evaluation--and the related field experience activities occurring at the pre-student teaching level. Approximately 120 university students are involved. The innovation configuration for the overall CITE Project involves these components: (1) university-school districts collaboration in teacher education; (2) the appropriate use of research in teacher education courses; (3) the appropriate use of field experience within campus teacher education courses; and (4) the conceptual integration of pedagogical content across teacher education courses and between campus courses and field experience. This overview of the project presents detailed information on the development of CITE, project data collection plans, and evaluation design. Participant data collection instruments included in the report are: (1) student informed consent and information sheet: (2) student conceptual levels; (3) structured interviews; (4) written questionnaires; (5) student "think aloud" journals; and (6) student "think aloud" interviews. (JD)