This transcript of a National Public Radio program discusses the subject of teacher effectiveness under the following topics: (1) rating teachers by student test scores; (2) observation method of teacher evaluation; (3) self-evaluation of teachers; (4) subtle ways of weeding out ineffective teachers; (5) impact of accountability on the teaching profession; (6) administrator's view of teacher evaluation; (7) annual evaluation of teacher performance; (8) opposition to the concept of teacher tenure; (9) university tenure systems; and (10) adverse impacts of tenure in higher education. The program approaches this subject through a dialogue format involving program narrator, administrators, teachers, and students. (DS)