Collaborative Conference 2014
Why?
UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS
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What Data Literacy is NOT
PLC/PLT/BLT?
Rigorous
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Stakeholder
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STEM/STEAM/STEALTH?
RTI
Future-Ready
Data Driven?
Data Informed?
Data Empowered?
Data Literacy
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The Assessment
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Jennifer
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Reason #1: For better learning
Then
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Responsibility
Then
Later
Power
Recently
Now
Source: I just made it up
DIMINISHING
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Reason #2: To regain some control
Why don’t
teachers get
excited about
data?
Data Dump = Data Distraction
We are in the human business...
Data Is... !
Information!
Observations!
Measurements!
Results!
Evidence
The Four Types of Data
1. Demographic Data
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Student background,
past educational
experiences
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Student home life,
culture, values
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Likes/dislikes
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Learning styles,
preference
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Student Learning Cards
1. What Interests You?
2. What Responsibilities do you have at home?
3. Who helps you with homework?
4. How much do you talk about school at home
and what do you talk about?
5. Scale of 1-10, how much do you value school?
2. Student Perception Data
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How a student sees
school, a class, and a
teacher
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Perception = reality
especially for teens
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Easy to obtain
through surveys and
informal assessment
End$of$the$Year$Survey$
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1.$What$Assignments,$Projects,$Units,$etc.$did$you$enjoy$this$year?$
___!Grammar! !
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___Articles!of!the!Week!
___!Intolerance!Videos! !
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___!Brain!Pop!videos!
___”Flowers!for!Algernon”!story!
___!Book!Reports/!Reading!Logs!
___Tagxedo! !
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___!Business!Letter!to!a!former!teacher!
___!Fakebook! !
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___!Monster/Speak!novel!units!
___!VoiceThread/Animoto!projects!
___Other:!____________________________________________________________________________!
2.$What$Assignments,$Projects,$Units,$etc.$did$you$NOT$enjoy$this$year?$
___!Grammar! !
!
!
___Articles!of!the!Week!
___!Intolerance!Videos! !
!
___!Brain!Pop!videos!
___”Flowers!for!Algernon”!story!
___!Book!Reports/!Reading!Logs!
___Tagxedo! !
!
!
___!Business!Letter!to!a!former!teacher!
___!Fakebook! !
!
!
___!Monster/Speak!novel!units!
___!VoiceThread/Animoto!projects!
___Other:!____________________________________________________________________________!
3.$What$kinds$of$assignments,$projects,$units,$etc.$would$you$have$liked$to$have$done$in$my$class$this$
year?$(May$refer$to$previous$classes$or$other$8th$grade$classrooms).$
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________________!
4.$Did$you$think$the$grading$in$this$class$was$fair?$Why$or$why$not?$
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________________!
5.$Did$you$think$that$the$classroom$environment$was$welcoming$and$made$learning$easy/fun?$Why$or$
why$not?$
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________!
3. Process Data
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Measures how well
procedures and
strategies themselves
work
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Often wrapped up in
student learning,
difficult to separate
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Action research helps
us look at this
4. Student Learning Data
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Shows student
mastery of curriculum
goals
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Can be formal or
informal, formative or
summative
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Best when collected
before, during, and
after instruction
4 Types of Data Activity
What could we ask you to get....
Student Learning
Process Data
Perception Data
Demographic Data
4 Types of Data Activity
What could we ask you to get....
Student Learning
What type of data are you most
comfortable collecting, what type is
the most important?
Process Data
What worked really well today and
what has not, to you as a learner?
Perception Data
How important is being data literate
to you?
Demographic Data
What is your professional context?
Unit 2:Reliable Assessment
Seeing What We Need to See
Lots to Consider
Formative
vs.
Summative
Lots to Consider
Formal
vs.
Informal
Lots to Consider
Quantitative
vs.
Qualitative
Lots to Consider
Reliable
vs.
Valid
Lots to Consider
On-Target
vs.
On-Topic
Be Critical of Your Assessments
Link the targets
1. Make it clear what learning target is associated
with each item.
2. Consider using each section to measure a
different learning target.
3. What percentage of your items are on-topic?
On-target?
Be Critical of Your Assessments
Avoid barriers
1. Give clear directions in every section.
2. Avoid typos.
3. Make certain that your numbering makes
sense.
4. Include point values for sections/items.
Unit 3: Classroom Research &
Building Credibility
POSSIBLE PERCEPTIONS…
Some classroom research
done this year...
• What is critical thinking?!
• Are you a good reflector?!
• Are labs deepening the learning of my
students?!
• What happens when I stop doing Warmups?!
• Are county benchmark assessment grades
aligned with classroom performance grades?
BUILDING CREDIBILITY
Credibility =
Empowerment
What Evidence do teachers need !
to defend their Credibility?
The Course
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Unit 1: Foundations of Data Literacy
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Unit 2: Thinking Critically about
Assessment
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Unit 3: Building Teacher Credibility
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Unit 4: Using NC Data Systems
What’s Next?
1. Be intentional about assessment
2. Be the mirror, microscope, and megaphone
3. Consider taking the full course and getting
certified as a Data Literacy Trainer
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Online (15 weeks) - Starts March 17
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In-person - NCCAT Ocracoke, April 6-9
SeizeTheLearningData.com
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Learn more about the program
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Register for the course
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Contact the Program Manager for more information,
including setting up Blended Learning opportunities