The authors show educators how to become comfortable with data for increasing student achievement. Foreword vii Michael Fullan About the Authors ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Putting Data at the Center of School Improvement 1(16) Awash With Data 1(1) Data as a Policy Lever 2(1) Educators' Skepticism About Data 3(2) Needing to Know 5(2) Thinking Differently About Data 7(2) Accountability Redefined 9(1) Choosing Accountability Through Informed Professional Judgment 10(2) The Role of Data in Informed Professional Judgment 12(2) Using Data to ``Take Charge of Change'' 14(3) Using Data for Informed Decision Making 17(6) An Inquiry Habit of Mind 18(1) Data Literacy 18(2) A Culture of Inquiry 20(2) Leading in a Data-Rich World 22(1) Cultivating the Qualities of Data-Driven Leadership 23(8) The Painting Metaphor 23(3) Inquiry Habit of Mind 26(1) Data Literacy 27(1) A Culture of Inquiry 28(1) A Gallery Full of Paintings 29(2) Developing an Inquiry Habit of Mind 31(14) Setting the Canvas 31(5) Planning This Picture 36(9) Becoming Data Literate 45(42) Blocking the Canvas 46(17) The First Strokes 63(24) Creating a Culture of Inquiry 87(14) The Image Grows 87(9) Displaying the Picture 96(5) Sustaining the Process: The Cycle of Inquiry 101(8) The Next Picture, and the Next, and the Next 108(1) Resource: Task Sheets for Assignments 109(18) References 127(4) Index 131