Driven by Data, by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
"...the subtlest analyses and most nuanced action reports are worthless if they do not lead to real change in the classroom." (Introduction, xxiv)
"An assessment given every three or four months cannot provide the data needed to make a difference." (Introduction, xxx)
"Any leader who thinks that an initiative requires complete buy-in before beginning will fail. Initiatives mean change, and teachers and school leaders are weary of change until it demonstrates results.....Buy-in is generated through tangible achievements."
Understand and use ratios, proportions and percents in a variety of situations. -NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards for Mathematics, Grade 7, 4.1.A.3
"No one would start building a house without blueprints, or training for the Olympics without identifying what benchmarks define success. Likewise, we should not first teach and then write an assessment to match; instead, we should create a rigorous and demanding test and then teach to meet its standards." (CH 1, p.8)
