Data literacy refers to the ability to understand, analyze, and interpret data. It means being able to read, interpret, and draw meaningful insights from data to make informed decisions. Being data literate allows you to understand and navigate the world of information and data that surrounds us in our daily lives.
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They strongly believed that central office and school administrators must understand and model exemplary
data literacy skills for staff, as well as support the development of teacher - level data leaders.
Once states have set the standards
of data literacy for a licensed teacher, it's important to measure whether these standards are being met.
Our experiences working with data use in schools and districts have led us to define an effective framework for
building data literacy.
However, technology aside, building
teacher data literacy regarding how to use that data for meaningful change is essential.
If you feel ready to lead toward competency - based learning in tandem
with data literacy beyond standardized tests, begin to collect some evidence.
Learn
what data literacy is and what level of literacy is appropriate for your work and business.
Rather than opting to employ a specialist, all staff at the school, which serves 350 students, receive professional learning
around data literacy skills.
We also believe that a key part of
educator data literacy is the ability to help students understand their own data.
Use licensure exams and performance assessments to measure whether teachers have obtained the
needed data literacy skills before entering the classroom.
Data literacy reaches well beyond looking at reports, and requires far more than one early release day exercise.
Venn diagrams, bar graphs, stack plots, pie charts and axis plots are some examples that help students
develop data literacy by interpreting information and drawing conclusions.
While data literacy is certainly important when it comes to statistical analysis and psychometrics, for teachers, assessment data can often become cumbersome to parse and connect...
The Supporting Librarians in
Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information Literacy Instruction project is a two - year project running from October 2015 through September 2017 to develop data and statistical literacy skills in high school librarians so they can better support critical comprehension skills in their students.
That's one - third at a time when more and more companies demand and
value data literacy in their employees — and 76 % of employees report they are working with a higher volume of data today compared to three years ago.
Only 20 per cent of Australian workers fall into that category, while Japan lags the region with only 6 per
cent data literacy.
Paige... teacher prep is such an important and high leverage strategy to
get data literacy into the classroom!
Mandinach and Kahl will
define data literacy and assessment literacy and discuss the ways they do — and don't — overlap.
Examining student data through the lens of pressing questions can mobilize staff,
promote data literacy, and help raise student achievement.
Ethical and Appropriate Data Use
Requires Data Literacy, Mandinach, Ellen; Parton, Brennan; Gummer, Edith; Anderson, Rachel; Phi Delta Kappan, February 2015.
In a report a while back, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) charged all educators and policymakers with the challenge of better developing and supporting
measurable data literacy skills.
The report also helped better distinguish the difference
between data literacy and assessment literacy — that is, while both speak to the use of data to drive student learning, it's important to realize that the data available to teachers goes beyond that garnered from assessment alone, to include attendance data, peer observations, and formative assessment (which as we know gets lumped into the assessment space, but is much more than that).
The DQC report highlighted four shifts that can go a long way in
making data literacy an integrated part of school life for teachers and administrators, and they are highlighted here:
And, share your ideas about
incorporating data literacy into the classroom at our Twitter feed (@Assess2Learn) or on our Facebook page.
WestEd has identified TERC's Using Data Project as its premier partner for providing technical assistance and
data literacy training for education leaders and the teachers they serve.
To understand the degree to which teacher preparation programs are responding to the changes in the field regarding the use of data by
assimilating data literacy into their courses (or are part of a forward vanguard) we can glean some insights from a survey conducted by WestEd's Ellen Mandinach and Edith Gummer at the Kauffman Foundation.
She wants children to master the basics of
data literacy so they can eventually use artificial intelligence to «alter their relationship with knowledge» and use it more flexibly.
We are delighted to announce that we have funding to extend the
4T Data Literacy Conference for a third and final year!
And also consider accessing the
book Data Literacy in the Real World: Conversations and Case Studies, which includes discussion questions and activities related to those conference sessions.
Today, the confluence of several factors is accelerating the pace and scope of course - offering changes related to data use or
data literacy for pre-service education.
Through a partnership with Digital Promise, the thought - leader in competency - based educator development, BloomBoard offers a library of over 200 micro-credentials which focus on a variety of skills such
as data literacy, teacher leadership, and deeper learning.
While data literacy is certainly important when it comes to statistical analysis and psychometrics, for teachers, assessment data can often become cumbersome to parse and connect back to instructional strategies.
As principal investigators of the two - year IMLS - funded project «Supporting Librarians in
Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information Literacy Instruction,» they set out to design materials for high school librarians looking to foster data and statistical literacy skills in their students.
TERC's Using Data Project offers high - quality and practical 1 - day workshops that help
build data literacy skills leading to improved outcomes.
This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students learn
about data literacy.
WestEd and Using Data Solutions have worked together with funding from the Spencer Foundation to develop four scenario - based exercises to help teachers and leaders measure levels
of data literacy.