Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools abilities to capture teachers knowledge, foster collaboration, identify obstacles to change, and enhance school culture and climate. This revised...

As part of its overall process to revise the State's Model Content Standards, the Colorado Department of Education asked WestEd to review summarize national- and state-based initiatives to define school readiness indicators.