Sentences with phrase «understanding of data literacy»

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While we have made computer literacy the norm in our everyday lives, we seem to be falling behind in our ability to keep up and understand the abundance of data being created that could help us drive more business and serve our customers better.

Yet, while many Americans are aware of the importance of pre-reading skills, they have much less understanding that children who fall behind in early - literacy skills often do not catch up to their peers in elementary school, according to a report and polling data released last week.

We also believe that a key part of educator data literacy is the ability to help students understand their own data.

She has been instrumental in facilitating professional development initiatives focused on standards - based learning and teaching, improved understanding and utilization of assessment data, interventions and differentiation that meets the needs of all learners, and strengthened efforts to ensure K — 12 literacy.

They will implement a continuous improvement process tailored to the needs of each of the schools, use data from the Montana longitudinal secondary data system to depict historical trends in literacy outcomes across the state and by subgroups, and include a comparison study of schools participating in the Montana Striving Readers Program (but not the partnership) to understand the literacy challenges and monitor the impact of the solutions.

Prerequisite skills and capabilities include, but are not limited to, proficiency in reading a range and type of material, with an emphasis on informational texts; fluent writing in several modes, most notably expository, descriptive and argumentative; quantitative literacy through algebra and including geometry, combined with the ability to understand and interpret data; a understanding of the scientific method and some insight into the organization of knowledge in the sciences; an awareness of how social systems operate and how they are studied; basic proficiency in a second language and awareness that languages reflect cultures; and experiences in and appreciation of creative and expressive arts.

This research - based, data - driven program builds an understanding of the role literacy plays in academic achievement and reinforces the skills needed to address student performance challenges in reading comprehension and content areas.

She provides leadership in designing effective comprehensive assessment systems, including guidance on the development of performance assessments and rubrics, facilitating deep understanding of cognitive rigor, scoring and analyzing student work, and deepening understanding of assessment and data literacy.

However, we used this data to determine growth and development of the participants» literacy understanding over time.

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.

In helping two southern Oregon school districts increase their data literacy (which I define as the ability of a district or group of people to collect and understand data and then use the data to ultimately improve student learning), I've developed some suggestions to share with districts starting down a similar path.

She said most of the conversations she's seen recently about Facebook have focused on digital literacy and understanding how personal data is being used.