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Articles in Nov-Dec, 2004 issue of Leadership

• Making the most of reading assessments: principals play a key role in helping their schools develop the tools, support and structure needed to use unit tests to improve instructional practice
  by Dennis Fox
• Leadership skills for supporting learning: school leaders need to understand the skills it takes to use school data as the centerpiece for decision making around student achievement
  by William J. Price
• Instructional materials policy reform: local educators are held accountable for results, but they have little flexibility in the selection of instructional materials and other key inputs for the development of successful programs
  by Brett McFadden
• Whispering: coaching to ensure excellence
  by Michelle Karns
• Continuous improvement: it takes more than test scores: analyzing state assessment results is only the beginning of effective data-driven decision making
  by Victoria L. Bernhardt
• Becoming proficient at explaining the standards: every teacher should be able to explain to students: "this is what you need to know. This is what you need to do. This is how we'll get you there."
  by George Manthey
• Linking accountability and achievement
  by Sandra Carsten
• Making magic: linking assessment and accountability: we must be able to articulate our assumptions about assessment and accountability and be able to test the value of those assumptions
  by Linda R.G. Kaminski
• Using data to inform instruction: while test scores are accepted as a measure of school effectiveness, the data should also be used in a more student-centric way to inform targeted instruction
  by Dennis A. Jonston
• Accountability at a crossroads: the nation needs school leaders who will make accountability decisions that are grounded in research, not popularity
  by Douglas B. Reeves