<p></p><p>Offering perspectives focused on the meaningful goal of measuring and assessing teacher quality, <strong>Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality </strong>brings together leading researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, economics and policy who contribute provocative, illuminating, and coherent articles that explore key issues surrounding this vital topic. <strong><br /><br />Features:</strong> </p><ul><li>Provides an in-depth examination of three thematic sections: <em>Measuring Teaching Quality for Professional Entry, Measuring Teaching Quality in Practice, Measuring Teaching Quality in Context </em></li><li>Includes section summaries by Drew Gitomer that highlight key issues and common themes that tie the articles together</li><li>Closes with a summary and call to action by Lee Shulman, President of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching </li></ul><p><br /><strong>Measurement Issues and Assessment for Teaching Quality </strong>is must reading for principals, educational administrators, and policymakers concerned with the dynamics of improving teacher quality.</p>