This publication provides a theoretical framework for a Finnish research project, "Effectiveness of Teacher Education." The collection of papers includes two parts. Part 1, "Approaches to Evaluation," offers: "Effectiveness of Teacher Education--A Theoretical Framework of Communicative Evaluation and the Design of a Finnish Research Project" (Hannele Niemi); "The Starting Points and Main Principles of Evaluation in a Project Focusing on the Effectiveness of Teacher Education" (Leena Syrjala); and "The Concept of Effectiveness in the Evaluation of Educational Outcomes" (Ritva Jakku-Sihvonen). Part 2, "New Challenges to Evaluation in Teacher Education," includes: "Learning Contents and Processes in Context: Towards Coherence in Educational Outcomes Through Teacher Development" (Viljo Kohonen), "Teachers' Professional Morality: How Teacher Education Prepares Teachers to Identify and Solve Moral Dilemmas at School" (Kirsi Tirri); "Teachers' Readiness for Modern Information Technology" (Martti Piipari); "International Teacher Education as an Attempt to Provide Competencies for a Multicultural World" (Rauni Rasanen); "Intercultural Education as an Integral Part of The School Curriculum and Teacher Education" (Pauli Kaikkonen); "Teacher Education and Gender" (Vappu Sunnari); "Analyzing and Evaluating Student Teachers' Developmental Process from the Point of Self-Study" (Sinikka Ojanen); and "Student Teachers' Personal Development During Teacher Education in the Light of Self-Assessment" (Tuula Laine). (SM)