Technically, the TNE grant ends in summer/fall, '07.
But reserves carry us through '08-09. Even then, the project will not end. Why?
As Lee Shulman said in Change, accountabilty--evidence-- makes for good practice and politics. And as Rising Above the Gathering Storm suggests, our future depends on the successful symbiosis of teacher preparation and P-12. The Critical Pathway study in California echoes this.
Guided by Professors Spagna and Cabello, We understand that we need a consensual way to process evidence so that we 
base decisions on preponderant inference; we need a structured way to infer whether one CSUN pathways outperforms others and whether we are as effective as non-CSUN pathways. Such decisions require a
theory of change. We turned theory into practice by constructing a process in which an evidence committee, guided by outside consultants such as CRESST and SRI, advises project teams. They feed results--inferences--to the steering and executive committees
Distilling this information, the steering committee has routed change through CSUN governance. Much has depended on the fact that committees inside TNE overlap with committees outside of it.
For '07 and beyond, our steering committee wll consist of evidence leaders, several deans and the provost, faculty in charge of preparation program and induction, and several TNE appointed faculty. We have committed to
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continue refining our longitudinal study qualitatively and quantitatively; partner with LAUSD and the Chancellor's Office--the Center for Teacher Quality
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apply what we learn to our network of clinical sites for part-time students; distill best practices, too, from our clinical sites and our Center for Teaching and Learning; implement the STICC Report on the new clinical network ;bridge gap in alignment among preservice, candidacy, and field experiences.
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reform Arts and Sciences components in the preparation programs; reward pedagogical research, focusing on literacy, math, and science
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develop capacity for TNE principles in other CSU campuses, through the Deans' Council advocating for the findings in their report
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augment our research abilities by partnering with entities like SRI, CRESST, and Stanford TNE; marshaling the research capacity in the proposed EDD to assist our research.