Table of Contents

Understanding How Evidence and Learning Conversations Work.- Raising Student Achievement in Poor Communities Through Evidence-Based Conversations.- Structuring Talk About Teaching and Learning: The Use of Evidence in Protocol-Based Conversation.- Leadership for Evidence-Informed Conversations.- A Cross-Grade Learner Conversation.- Evidence-Informed Conversations Making a Difference to Student Achievement.- Honey, Wooden Spoons, and Clay Pots: The Evolution of a Lithuanian Learning Conversation.- Learning to Think and Talk from Evidence: Developing System-wide Capacity for Learning Conversations.- Learning Conversations Stillborn: Distrust and Education Policy Dialogue in South Africa.- Using Conversations to Make Sense of Evidence: Possibilities and Pitfalls.