New state laws and regulations designed to improve teacher quality are described in this policy brief. The new policies represent eight strategies for dealing with teaching quality issues: testing and screening; teacher compensation; preservice training and certification; staff development; enhanced management and supervision; teacher job redefinition; worker organization; and school-culture improvement. The first four types focus on improving individual teachers, and the second four focus on improving the organizational characteristics of schools. It is concluded that school productivity depends greatly on the creation of a robust organizational culture, which is characterized by a shared set of attitudes, beliefs, values, and expectations. High performance teaching can only be facilitated, not coerced. Briefs of the policies implemented in Utah (Michael Murphy and Douglas E. Mitchell), Nevada (Myrna Matranga and Douglas E. Mitchell), California (Douglas E. Mitchell), and Arizona (Robert T. Stout and Douglas E. Mitchell) are attached. (LMI)