| No Child Left Behind Issue Brief (PDF) |  |
| A report on the impacts effects of NCLB, which focuses on how several exemplary districts are using data-driven decision making for improving school and student achievement. |  |
| Making Sense Of Data Driven Decision Making In Education | |
| A white paper that synthesizes information from several large studies with the aim of clarifying the ways that data are being used in schools and districts for data-driven decision making | |
| Achieving With Data (PDF) | |
| A report from a study that looked at key strategies of four school systems that are leaders in using data for instructional decision making and improving student achievement. | |
| Data Based Decision Making (PDF) | |
| An article describing three states' data-based decision-making initiatives funded by the Wallace Foundation's State Action for Education Leadership Project II. | |