Schools are a place to foster and promote students’ learning，which can benefit indispensably from cooperative learning among teachers. This research took a look on the status and existing issues of the professional learning communities especially among Jiaoyanzu（teaching and research group）and/or Beikezu（lesson preparing group），unique in localized context with Chinese characteristic，through questionnaires and interviews constructed on relevant theories on professional learning communities. 722 questionnaires were sent out with screening scales selected through literature review，focus group discussion，and exploratory factor analysis，to teachers from public primary and secondary schools. The present situation suvey was analyzed from three perspectives，community leadership behavior，community leadership culture，and the content and form of teachers’ cooperative learning. Some thoughts and suggestions were put forward sub-sequentially regarding school assessment and teacher appraisal in the compulsory education reform in Beijing.