Data Use and School Improvement: Challenges and Prospects.

Margaret Heritage is the Assistant Director for Professional Development at the UCLA National Center for Research Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). Raymond Yeagley is the superintendent of the Rochester School Department in Rochester, New York. The work reported herein was supported under the Educational Research and Development Centers Program, PR/Award Number R305B960002, as administered by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), and the U.S. Department of Education. The findings and opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of the National Center for Education Research, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), or the U.S. Department of Education. Part Four MOVING TO BETTER PRACTICE