This executive summary is the fi rst volume of a two-volume comprehensive report on teacher management in Indonesia entitled “Transforming Indonesia’s Teaching Force.” This volume summarizes the key fi ndings of the detailed technical analysis in Volume II, but with much greater focus on the key areas where policy reforms will likely generate a large impact in Indonesia. While Volume II is aimed at public policy researchers and technical staff of the Government of Indonesia, this shorter volume provides policy makers and the general public a condensed version of the larger report’s analysis, results, and recommended policy reforms for developing a better teaching force in Indonesia. It is hoped that this report not only can assist the government in setting up a future reform agenda, but also add value to ongoing educational reform in Indonesia, in terms of improving the eff ectiveness of reform and ensuring its institutional and fi scal sustainability.