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Data Literacy
Data Literacy
Data literacy is the set of skills required to collect, reflect, and plan adjusted instruction using assessment data.
Data literacy is the set of skills required to collect, reflect, and plan adjusted instruction using assessment data.
Data literacy begins in the early stages of planning, like determining what the learning targets and objectives will be. Determining learning targets is the first step in assessment, as it determines what will be taught and what will be assessed. If the content assessed is not what is taught, than the assessment is inherently invalid.
Once the learning targets are established, teachers can design instruction and create assessments. All three components must be aligned in order to create an accurate reflection of student learning. Once the data is collected, the teacher uses her data literacy skills to reflect upon and analyze the data.
What student learning does the data reflect? What does the data demonstrate about my instruction? What trends are there across the class? What trends are there among groups of students? What trends are there among individuals? What new skills and strategies can I use to improve student learning?
The ultimate goal of data literacy is for teachers to organize data in a meaningful way for themselves that helps determine next steps for adjusted instruction to improve student learning.
Kahoot is the ultimate "gamified" assessment tool. Students compete in an energizing quiz with fun music to practice learning skills. Kahoot allows users to create quizzes with multiple choice answers, short text answers, polls, and puzzles. Kahoot is a "freemium" site, meaning it is free to create an account, but some features are limited to premium members.
Kahoot is best for when teachers want to check for a basic understanding of a topic. Kahoot does not allow for longform answers, and there is a time limit for how long each participant can take to answer each question. Kahoot records answers for teachers in a spreadsheet (if the option is selected) so that teachers can review student work and determine next steps for instruction. As the depth of knowledge in Kahoot is very basic, the teacher may need to compete more assessment to understand students' thinking process
mClass Assessment is a branch of Amplify and Acadience Reading that uses the assessment formally known as DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills). Using the 3D Reading tools in mClass brings together many of the complex aspects of reading together in order to help teachers understand student learning and determine next steps for student success.
Reading 3D breaks reading down into skills such as letter names, phonemic awareness phonemic segmentation, oral fluency, and comprehension. The goal of Reading 3D is bring all aspects of learning together in order to create a clearer picture of student learning.
On Reading 3D, teachers can view student data by individuals or by a class. I typically transpose this information into a Google Sheet to help me sort and organize the data and create differentiated reading and skill groups.
I have tried to get my students engaged in math through many different tools and games. Prodigy is by far a class favorite!
Prodigy is aligned to standards and learning goals, which helps create clear expectations for assessments.
Reports can be viewed by individual student, or whole class performance on a specific assignment or questions. Below is a screen grab of an individual report. Using both the individual and class view help teachers determine next steps for student learning.
As mentioned on the page "Technology-Based Assessment", Google Forms is a great tool for student assessment. Teachers can create self-grading quizzes, which can save teachers time when grading assessments and gather student data. As mentioned in the video to the left, Google Forms can be used to gather and organize data.
Google Forms is a great way to organize data, as it automatically creates a Google Spreadsheet for each Form. The data is also stored in the "Response" area of the editable form. This allows the teacher to view the data in a way that makes sense and is usable for her. Good data is only useful if it is in a form that is accessible to the teacher in a way that helps her make instructional decisions.
Google Sheets is my favorite way to organize data, as you probably can tell since I have already mentioned it multiple times on this page. Here is an example of how my team and I use Sheets to organize data. Watch the video to the right to see how I use Sheets to organize data and plan for instruction.
Sheets Explain.mp4The page created as part of the requirements for TEC 536: Assessment and Instructional Technology
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