1. Introduction / Jan Lokan and Phillip McKenzie -- 2. The context of teacher appraisal: The Australian policy context / Hedley Beare. Teacher education: contextual issues and policy development / Barbara Preston. Policy developments in the United States of America / Pamela Wells. Teacher appraisal in England / Marilyn Forde -- 3. Teacher appraisal in practice: Self appraisal: a philosophical framework / John Bednall. Peer appraisal and school development / John Baird. Student input into teacher appraisal / Ingrid Moses. Developing a teacher appraisal process / Glyn France. Teacher assessment systems: a personal view / Kenneth Tobin -- 4. The state of the art in teacher evaluation / Michael Scriven -- 5. The challenge of teacher appraisal: Linking appraisal and professional development: a challenge for the teaching profession / Lawrence Ingvarson. Further challenges for teachers, teacher educators and researchers / Richard Tisher -- 6. Teacher appraisal: an annotated bibliography / Jan Lokan and Phillip McKenzie