This document examines approaches to educational reform currently under consideration in the Pacific Northwest and discusses policy issues involved with these reform efforts. The introduction discusses broad-scale policy issues, including the setting of priorities amid the diversity of reforms, the clarifying of beliefs and selection of changes that policymakers truly believe in, the analysis of constraints, and the analysis of consequences stemming from various options. The first major section thereafter discusses issues arising from efforts to increase requirements and raise standards. These issues include establishing the motivation for increasing requirements, uniformity of requirements, locus of control (state or local), clarifying requirements, assessment, nonperformers, and equity. The second major section covers teacher salary reforms, including merit pay, master teacher programs, differentiated staffing, career ladders, and output measures. Issues discussed include policy motivation, projected effect on instructional improvement, and the relative advantages and disadvantages of each approach. (TE)