The editorial, "Some Aspects of the Educational Change Dynamic: Setting School Autonomy and Evaluation in Context" (Cecilia Braslavsky), explains the focus of this issue. This "Open File: School Autonomy and Evaluation" section contains: "Introduction to the Open File" (Norberto Bottani; Bernard Favre); "IPES The System of Indicators for Secondary School Management in France" (Philomene Abi-Saab; Patrick Alt); "Use of 'Value-Added' Measures in School Evaluation: A View from England" (Lesley Saunders); "School Self-Evaluation in the Netherlands: Development of the ZEBO-Instrumentation" (Maria A. Hendriks; Simone Doolaard; Roel J. Bosker); "Analysis of School's Functioning, Assessment and Self-Assessment: Primary Schools in Geneva" (Bernard Favre); "Self-Governing Schools and Accountability in New Zealand" (Edward B. Fiske; Helen F. Ladd); "On the Politics of Performance in South African Education: Autonomy, Accountability and Assessment" (Jonathan D. Jansen); "School Evaluation in Chile: The Case of SNED" (Juan Casassus); and "School Autonomy and Assessment in Mexico" (Sylvia Schmelkes). The "Trends/Cases" section contains: "Modern Education in Afghanistan" (Saif R. Samady) and "Education, Hope and the Children of Afghanistan" (Max Grantham). The "Profiles of Famous Educators" section contains an article on "Basil Bernstein (1924-2000)" (Alan R. Sadovnik). (BT)