This web-based resource kit is the culmination of two years of collaborative work undertaken by the Data-Informed Decisionmaking (DID) Leadership Issue Group supported by the Wallace Foundation’s Leadership for Learning program and managed by the Council of Chief State School Officers. The charge to the DID group was to identify the data use issues the Leadership for Learning implementation sites were encountering and come together as a community of practice to share knowledge and innovations across sites. The group focused on the question: “What conditions should be put into place to support school leaders’ effective use of data to improve student achievement?” Answers to this question and others are captured in this resource kit.

This site was created by a small design team on behalf of the larger DID Leadership Issue  Group. Members of the design team included Jane Armstrong of JM Armstrong & Associates, Katy Anthes of The Third Mile Group, Sara Vitaska of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Jeff Nelsen of Targeted Leadership Consulting, and Cathy Walker of The Third Mile Group. 

On this site are reports of data-use products, descriptions of how to form support networks, tools to assess leaders’ data literacy and background resources. Users may enter the website by focusing on school, district or state level issues. Many resources in each section of the Web-site and the tools were identified through the excellent work of the Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center.

Members of the Data-Informed Decisionmaking Leadership Issue Group are listed below.

Katy Anthes
Partner
The Third Mile Group, LLC

Jane Armstrong
Director
JM Armstrong and Associates, LLC

Ayeola Boothe-Kinlaw
Program Officer
The Wallace Foundation

Joan Buttram
Delaware Education R&D Center
University of Delaware

Walter Burt
Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Western Michigan University

Sue Cleveland
Superintendent
Rio Rancho School District (New Mexico)

Van Cooley
Professor
Department of Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Western Michigan University

Ann Duffy
Director of Policy Development
Georgia's Leadership Institute for School Improvement

Nancy Haight
Governor's Office of Student Achievement (Georgia)

Ericka Harris-Robinson
Principal
Benton Montessori Elementary School (Michigan)

Traci Heuhs
Principal
Gier Park Elementary School (Michigan)

Sharon Rowell
Coordinator, Leadership Development
Atlanta Public Schools

Michael Knapp
Director
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy

Richard Laine
Director of Education
The Wallace Foundation

Anderson Lattimore
Executive Director of Assessment and Accountability
Rio Rancho School District (New Mexico)

Lester McKee
Executive Director for Research, Planning and Accountability
Atlanta Public Schools

Deborah Miller
Ohio SAELP Project Manager
Ohio Department of Education

Marco Muñoz
Evaluation Specialist
Accountability, Research, and Planning
Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)

Jeff Nelsen
Senior Partner
Targeted Leadership Consulting

Audrey Noble
Director
Delaware Education R&D Center
University of Delaware

Linda Paul
Superintendent
Aztec School District (New Mexico)

Robert Rodosky
Executive Director
Accountability, Research and Planning
Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)

Jianping Shen
John E. Sandberg Professor of Education
Department of Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Western Michigan University

Paul Schlichtman
Past President
Massachusetts Association of School Committees

Stephen Tankovich
Chief Information Officer
Columbus Public Schools

Beata Thorstensen
Education Policy Analyst
Office of Education Accountability
New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration

Sara Vitaska
Policy Specialist, Education Program
National Conference of State Legislatures

Catherine Walker
Partner
The Third Mile Group, LLC

Lynne Wheat
Director, Administrator Recruitment and Development/LEAD Grant
Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)

Peter Winograd
Director
Office of Education Accountability
New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration

Cynthia Yoder
Executive Director
Center for the Teaching Profession
Ohio Department of Education