About the book: 2017 / The book is dedicated to explaining, ways application and interpretation of technology for assessing the activities of both educational institutions (regional and municipal education authorities) and participants in the educational process (primarily teachers and students) by measuring added value. The authors of this innovation applied this term from economic theory to the problems of school education associated with the multifaceted problem of assessing results. The added value in this book is the difference between a student's initial performance (last year's test scores) and his current performance (this year's test scores). We are not talking about one-time monitoring of differences in results over a certain period of time, but about creating a system of statistical recording of data, their accumulation, processing with special statistical methods and ensuring their transparency for the purpose of constant analysis and making specific decisions in relation to all subjects of school educational activities. Significance This book for the Russian reader is that it clearly and visibly demonstrates the signs of high educational culture in all its aspects - organizational, ethical, interpersonal, humanistic, etc. Undoubtedly, the book will become a reference book for those for whom school is a profession and meaning life.