This book builds upon the best-selling first edition to provide additional guidance and support for educators who are "ready, willing, and able" to explore more sophisticated uses of data. New tools and activities facilitate active engagement with data and a collaborative culture of collective responsibility for the learning of all students. Precise and on target, this excellent new resource enables educators to effectively use their schools' data to respond to the challenges of the No Child Left Behind Act, and provides: (1) A knowledge base emphasizing the role of data in school effectiveness and successful change; (2) A focus on tapping the professional passion of dedicated educators who want to work for the benefit of students from an intrinsic motivation perspective; (3) Group activities that energize people in collaborative efforts; (4) Key questions to identify sources of the proof of success necessary to stimulate confidence and further action; (5) A clear understanding of the need for "up close, in real time" assessment to balance high-stakes, external tests; and (6) Information on how to utilize data to establish priorities and integrate accountability requirements with goals that are data-based and grounded in school values. After a foreword by Tony Wagner and a preface, this book is divided into 16 sections: (1) Using Data for Alignment and Achievement; (2) Understanding the Importance of Proof; (3) Coping with the Barriers to Data Use; (4) Engaging the People; (5) Arousing the Passion; (6) Starting with the Significant; (7) Displaying the Data; (8) Interpreting the Results; (9) Designing a Data Day; (10) Establishing Priorities; (11) Drilling down the Priority Data; (12) Looking around and Locking Within: (13) Clarifying District, School, and Classroom Roles; (14) Planning Your Work and Working Your Plan; (15) Sustaining the Struggle; and (16) Leading with Relentless Resilience. A list of references; and an index are also included. [For the first edition of "Getting Excited about Data" (1999), see ED433373.]