1. About this issue

   EditorialNotes Pages: 99 - 101

2. The teacher assessment dilemma: What is versus what ought to be!

   • Barbara W. Grover

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 119

3. Evaluating teacher competence through the use of performance assessment tasks: An overview

   • Bruce Davey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 132

4. Performance assessments for identifying excellent teachers: The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards charts its research and development course

   OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 145

5. Portfolios for biology teacher assessment

   • Angelo Collins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 168

6. Developing a prototype licensing examination for secondary school teachers

   • Stephen P. Klein
   • Brian Stecher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 190

7. Social studies: Connecticut's Teacher Assessment Center exercises

   • Gail Tomala
   • Thomas Weinland

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 204

8. Connecticut Teacher Assessment Center (CONNTAC) program: Assessing professional knowledge of beginning teachers

   • Larry S. Jacobson
   • Raymond L. Pecheone

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 226

9. Teacher performance assessment: The changing state of the law

   • Michael A. Rebell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 235