""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Half-Title""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The Achievement Gap""; ""Chapter 2: The Cost-Effectiveness of Five Policies for Improving Student Achievement""; ""Chapter 3: The Cost-Effectiveness of Class Size Reduction""; ""Chapter 4: The Cost-Effectiveness of Comprehensive School Reform""; ""Chapter 5: The Cost-Effectiveness of Value-Added Teacher Assessment""
""Chapter 6: The Cost-Effectiveness of NBPTS Teacher Certification""""Chapter 7: The Cost-Effectiveness of Raising Teacher Quality""; ""Chapter 8: The Cost-Effectiveness of 22 Approaches for Raising Student Achievement""; ""Chapter 9: Shifting the Bell Curve: The Benefits and Costs of Raising Student Achievement""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: Notes to Table 5.1""; ""Appendix B: Opportunity Cost to Society of Employing the Labor of a Worker Who Replaces a Bottom-Quartile Teacher""; ""Appendix C: Notes to Table 8.1""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""About the Author""