In an extensive review of teacher and school evaluation, one is not likely to find an issue more divisive than the question of how best, in high-stakes contexts, to evaluate how well teachers and schools accomplish their task of educating students.

PART ONE: ORIGINS AND UNDERPINNINGSBeginnings and Introduction - Jason Millman and H Del SchalockPART TWO: THE OREGON WORK SAMPLE METHODOLOGYOregon¿s Teacher Effectiveness Work Sample Methodology - Bill Cowart and David Myton Rationale and BackgroundOregon¿s Teacher Effectiveness Work Sample as Used at Western Oregon State College - H Del Schalock, Mark Schalock and Gerald GirodOregon¿s Teacher Effectiveness Work Sample Methodology - Peter W Airasian Potential and ProblemsOregon¿s Teacher Effectiveness Work Sample Methodology - Daniel L Stufflebeam Educational Policy ReviewReflections on Comments by Professors Airasian and Stufflebeam - H Del Schalock, Mark Schalock and Gerald GirodPART THREE: THE DALLAS VALUE-ADDED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMIn the Beginning - Luvern L CunninghamThe Dallas Value-Added Accountability System - William J Webster and Robert L MendroValue-Added Productivity Indicators - Yeow Meng Thum and Anthony S Bryk The Dallas SystemOn Trial - Gary Sykes The Dallas Value Added Accountability SystemLittle Practical Difference and Pie in the Sky - William J Webster et al A Response to Thum and Bryk and a Rejoinder to SykesPART FOUR: THE TENNESSEE VALUE-ADDED ASSESSMENT SYSTEMThe Impetus for Tennessee¿s Value-Added Assessment System - Patricia E Ceperley and Kip ReelThe Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System - William L Sanders, Arnold M Saxton and Sandra P Horn A Quantitative Outcomes-Based Approach to Educational AssessmentTVAAS - Richard B Darlington A Challenge to Familiar Assessment MethodsResponse to the Reviewers - William L Sanders et alPART FIVE: THE KENTUCKY INSTRUCTIONAL RESULTS INFORMATIONS SYSTEMHistorical Background - Doris Redfield and Roger Pankratz The Kentucky School Accountability IndexRonald K Hambleton - Neal Kingston and Ed ReidyMeasurement Quality of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System, 1991-1994Overview and Assessment of the Kentucky Instructional Results Informations System - Daniel L StufflebeamKIRIS Meets the Critics - Neal Kingston and Ed Reidy A Little Light and Much HeatPART SIX: SYNTHESIS AND PERSPECTIVESHow Do I Judge Thee? Let Me Count the Ways - Jason MillmanToward What End? - Linda Darling-Hammond The Evaluation of Student Learning for the Improvement of TeachingThe Moth and the Flame - W James Popham Student Learning as a Criterion of Instructional Competence