Data Use for Continuous Quality Improvement website, led by Margaret Heritage of the National Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center (AACC), contains four key components:

• A guide for the effective use of data to improve educational decision-making;
• A map of key capacities needed at each educational level to support effective data use;
• Standards and criteria for evaluating data tools and selecting diagnostic assessments;
• A comprehensive listing of research-based guidance on effective data use.

This resource is available at AACC website at http://datause.cse.ucla.edu/.