Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.

The number of books students read...is among the best indicators of student reading development.

Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.

Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.

In a research-poor context,isolated experience replaces professional knowledge as the dominant influence on how teachers teach.

The research we do at the local level - collaboratively - is what makes formal, outside research work. Outside research cannot be installed like a car part - it has to be fitted, adjusted, and refined for the school contexts we workd in.