School Evaluation: In her book, The Death and Life of the Great American School Sysytem, Diane Ravitch claims that recent efforts to evaluate teachers and schools are: A) 100% focused on accountability & 0% focused on learning. “Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goal of education.” B) “What once was an effort to improve the quality of education turned into an accounting strategy. Measure, then punish or reward.” – No educational experience is being used or required to judge teachers or schools.