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For the foreseeable future, value-added and behavioral measures of teaching performance will need to work together. Read “<a href="http://www.smhc-cpre.org/resources/">Review of Teaching Performance Assessments for Use in Human Capital Management</a>” (PDF).</p> <p> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="4" colspan="5" valign="top"><img src="../../../images/gridBkrnd.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr > <td id="footerarea" height="49" colspan="5" class="footer"> <center><table><tr> <td valign=top><a href="http://www.wisc.edu"><img border=0 hspace="8" src="../../../images/uwlogo.gif" alt="UW Logo"></a> </td> <td valign=top><center> <a href="../../../index.php">HOME</a><img src="../../../images/bullet.gif" width="10" height="5"><a href="../../../publications/index.php">PUBLICATIONS</a><img src="../../../images/bullet.gif" width="10" height="5"><a href="../../../people/index.php">PEOPLE</a><img src="../../../images/bullet.gif" width="10" height="5"><a href="../../../contact/index.php">CONTACT</a><br>WCER is housed within the<a href="http://www.education.wisc.edu/" target="_blank"> School of Education</a> at the <a href="http://www.wisc.edu" target="_blank">University of Wisconsin-Madison</a><br> Copyright ©2007 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System<br> </center> </td> </tr></table></center> </td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> </p>