Do you have what it takes to be Data Lit?

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