The passage of the Rodda Bill (SB 696, 1971 legislative session) mandated that evaluation of teaching take place on a regular basis in community colleges in California. The bill left the formulation of the evaluation instruments to the local governing boards and guidelines were provided by the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. One of several tools under consideration for use in teacher evaluation is the performance objective. Attitudes of educators relating to the use of performance objectives, along with some examples for comparison, are considered in this paper. A bibliography of selected readings on the evaluation of teaching is included. (Author/AL)