This publication was adapted from Choosing a School for Your Child by Susan Perkins Weston, with contributions from Joe Nathan and Mary Anne Raywid, originally published in 1989 by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. The original edition was prepared in 2005 by the Office of Innovation and Improvement.

We are grateful for the reviewers from outside the U.S. Department of Education who commented on the original version of this book.