West Milford Township PS (NJ)

Purpose: We focused on the “what, why, and how” to leverage formative assessments and their resulting data across science in grades 6-12 in West Milford Township Public Schools during the 2021-22 school year in strategic and consistent ways. We norm set together on why this was needed to help achieve long-term goals through daily feedback-decision loops, what we could do strategically, and how we could support one another in these efforts.

Outcomes:

• We iteratively developed, tested, and refined science-based formative assessment instruments and data processes for interpreting the assessment data.

• We shifted the culture around formative assessments and common assessments within the department to collaborative and supportive of one another in development, review, and revisions so that it did not land on anyone person to do all the work or do it themselves.

Denton ISD (TX)

Purpose: We kicked off the year by starting new conversations around how best to integrate data literacy into current science instruction across grade 6-12 in Denton ISD in the 2021-22 school year. Data literacy areas focused on both teachers integrating real-world data into their science instruction to teach the TEKS science content standards, as well as teachers using student assessment data to inform their teaching practices.

Outcomes:

• We built camaraderie among grade level and subject area teams to build from in starting Data Talks within PLCs.

• We conducted self-assessments for each teacher so that they could gain a personalized sense of areas to focus on in their own skill development AND to integrate into their teaching.

• We created a common language and sense of what is involved in making sense of data as well as what students are capable of so that the district could create coordinated efforts on leveraging data in instruction

• We explored ready-to-use strategies and activities that teachers could immediately integrate into their classrooms.

Fair Lawn PS (NJ)

Purpose: We are developing resources to integrate data literacy into current science and math instruction across grade 5-12 in Fair Lawn Public Schools during the 2021-22 school year in strategic and consistent ways. The data literacy topics will be focused around: CER from data, graphing (reading and making), data limitations / variability, and making connection between patterns and phenomenon. We will integrate these topics through real-world, science-relevant examples to norm set together on why this is needed, what we can do strategically, and how we can support one another in these efforts.

Cresskill PS (NJ)

Purpose: During this kick-off development training for middle and high school science, social studies, and math teachers from Cresskill Public School on May 20, 2019, we focused on how start to think about integrating data literacy into our current instruction in new ways. The emphasis was on data visualization and sources. We continued our work through the 2019-20 school year.

Allendale PS (NJ)

Purpose: We are kicking off the conversation about integrating data literacy into science teaching and learning at Northern Highlands Regional High School!

Mount Saint Mary’s Academy (NJ)

Purpose: We have worked together as the math, science, and social studies departments to develop a more integrated and school wide initiative with data literacy. We have also worked to develop a data literacy assessment for MSMA students and revised the Geometry curriculum to include a unit on data and statistical literacy.