• 1. Schools' Initial Experience of Using Performance Targets for Pupils' Attainment 2. What Pupils Think of Targets 3. Ethos, Teaching and Targets 4. Formative Assessment and Targets 5. Whole School Targets and Improvement 6. Using Targets in Special Schools 7. Targets for Inclusion and Other Aspects of Education 8. Subject Teams and Targets 9. Performance Management and Objectives 10. Governance and Targets 11. Monitoring and Evaluation

'John Blanchard is an old hand. Here he covers what pupils think, what good teaching means, and how to link formative assessment to sub and whole-school targets. There is a reassuring link to performance management, and a reminder of how helpful lesson observation can be when it's seen as an entitlement, and not an imposition.' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement'Detailed advice on how you can use targets to have a beneficial effect on your schools performance is provided. The aim is to help practitioners as they establish a policy for all the different knids of target and objective that are used in school and with the preperation of clear and specific targets to provide motivation and direction.' - Educational Review