The Certified School Personnel Evaluation Pilot Program (Outside Evaluator Project) has two primary purposes. The first is to compare evaluations performed by persons employed by an agency other than the units to which they are assigned with evaluations performed by locally-employed personnel. The second purpose is to determine the effectiveness of an evaluation system that does not include immediate financial rewards for participants, but rather is designed to support improvements in the work performance of those who are evaluated. Nine local school administrative units in North Carolina are participating in the pilot project, three units evaluating teachers, three evaluating principals/assistant principals, and three evaluating both teachers and administrators. This report provides information on: (1) the implementation of the program; (2) research questions being pursued; (3) working arrangements between the Outside Evaluator Project and the local school units; (4) observation methods; and (5) evaluator training. Summaries are presented of procedures followed by the program participants. (JD)