Title page
Contents
National Cooperative Education Statistics System 3
Foreword 4
Publication Objectives 4
Intended Audience 4
Organization of This Resource 4
National Forum on Education Statistics 5
Development of Forum Products 5
Working Group Members 6
Acknowledgments 7
Glossary 10
Chapter 1: Data Literacy in Education 13
What Is Data Literacy? 13
Why Data Literacy Matters 14
Identify Patterns and Trends in Data 15
Data Literacy Landscape 17
Chapter 2: Building and Supporting Data Literacy 21
Data Use 21
Training and Professional Development 23
Key Characteristics of Data-Literate Agencies 25
Key Considerations to Building Data Literacy 26
Chapter 3: Data Literacy by Audience 29
Data Literacy for Students 30
Data Literacy for Parents and Other Caregivers 31
Data Literacy for Teachers 31
Data Literacy for School Administrators 31
Data Literacy for District Administrators 32
Data Literacy for Policymakers 32
Data Literacy for Community Organizations 32
Chapter 4: Case Studies from State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs) 34
Georgia Department of Education: Building a Statewide Data Literacy Framework 34
Loudoun County Public Schools (VA): Data Literacy for Data-Informed Decision-Making 36
Meriden Board of Education (CT): Leveraging Data Literacy to Consider Diverse Datasets 40
Pasco County Schools (FL): Building High School Students' Data Literacy Skills 42
Puerto Rico Department of Education: Developing Data Literacy Through a Culture of Data Use 45
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Building Data Literacy Around School Report Card Data 48
San Bernardino City Unified School District (CA): Improving Data Literacy Through Discussions and Dashboards 52
Utah State Board of Education: Using Data to Inform Systemic Change 55
Appendix A: State Data Literacy Training Programs and Resources 59
Appendix B: National Forum on Education Statistics (Forum) Resources for Data Use 64
Appendix C: Federal Resources for Data Use 66
Appendix D: Additional Resources 68
Reference List 70
Figure 1. Key topics that support the development of data literacy are data quality, metadata, data privacy, data ethics, data governance, and data visualizations 17
Figure 2. Data accessibility and data use can lead to increased data literacy 21
Figure 3. Different education audiences have different data literacy needs 29
Figure 4. The main dashboard for the Rhode Island Report Card displays high level statistics in several areas 49
Figure 5. The SBCUSD Data Analysis Protocol contains four steps to help educators improve teaching and learning 52