Description

You got the data! Now what? In this first episode, we explain what it means to be data literate and explore some critical skills data-literate individuals/educators should have.

Research from the episode:

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (n.d.). EL Takeaways: 8 Data points to ponder. ASCD. https://files.ascd.org/staticfiles/ascd/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el201511_takeaways.pdf
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (2015). How to share data with families. ASCD. https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/how-to-share-data-with-families
• Mandinach, E. (2013, September 13). Data literacy vs assessment literacy. Micheal and Susan Dell Foundation. https://www.dell.org/insight/ellen-mandinach-data-literacy-vs-assessment-literacy/#
• Precisely Editor. (2019, March 29). What is data literacy & why is it important? https://www.precisely.com/blog/data-integrity/data-literacy-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters

Resources for WCPSS staff:

• Smith, M. (2019). Data literacy. Data, Research and Accountability. https://wcpss.truenorthlogic.com/ia/empari/learning2/course/viewCourseSearch?courseId=13130

WCPSS staff can earn credit for listening to and reflecting on completed series. Learn more here.

Hosts: Mellisa Smith, Serena Halstead, and Spencer Ziegler

Theme music provided by Cary High School's Logan Foster

Data, Research, and Accountability department for the Wake County Public School System