Introduction: evidence and decision making / Pamela A. Moss and Philip J. Piety
Historical perspectives on democratic decision making in education: paradigms, paradoxes, and promises / David Gamson
Evidence in practice: a framing of the terrain / James P. Spillane and David B Miele
Understanding the promise and dynamics of data-informed leadership / Michael S. Knapp, Michael A. Copland, and Juli A. Swinnerton
Cutting through the "data-driven" mantra: different conceptions of data-driven decision making / Gina Schuyler Ikemoto and Julie A. Marsh
Culture and processes affecting data use in school districts / William A. Firestone and Raymond A. Gonzalez
A framework for effective management of school system performance / Lauren Resnick [and others]
Some thoughts on "proximal' formative assessment of student learning / Frederick Erickson
Teachers' accounts of classroom experience as a resource for professional learning and instructional decision making / Judith Warren Little
The uses of testing data in urban elementary schools: some lessons from Chicago / John B. Diamond and Kristy Cooper
Situative approaches to student assessment: contextualizing evidence to transform practice / Daniel T. Hickey and Kate T. Anderson
Establishing multilevel coherence in assessment / Drew H. Gitomer and Richard A. Duschl
Large-scale indicator assessments: what every educational policymaker should know / Enis Dogan, William Tirre, and Ebony Walton
Evidence and decision making in education systems / Christopher Thorn, Robert H. Meyer, and Adam Gamoran
Reflections on assessment from a sociocultural-situated perspective / James Paul Gee
Adding complexity: philosophical perspectives on the relationship between evidence and policy / Denis C. Phillips.