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ERIC Number: EJ1277533
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Aug
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0004-9441
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A Statistical Literacy Hierarchy for Interpreting Educational System Data
Pierce, Robyn; Chick, Helen; Watson, Jane; Les, Magdalena; Dalton, Michael
Australian Journal of Education, v58 n2 p195-217 Aug 2014
As a result of the growing use of state and national testing of literacy and numeracy among school students, there are increasing demands for teachers to interpret assessment data. In light of this, there is a need to provide benchmarks or a framework that identifies critical aspects of teachers' understanding that are needed to interpret data effectively. In this study, 24 items from the Attitudes and Statistical Literacy Instrument are used with 704 teachers to provide a hierarchical scale of teacher ability to interpret these assessment data. Using an item response theory model for partial credit scoring, three levels of ability are identified, related to reading values, comparing values, and analyzing a data set as a single entity. Teacher ability is then compared across various demographic variables, such as number of years of teaching, main teaching grade levels, previous professional learning experience, last time statistics was studied, and gender. Implications are drawn for professional learning for teachers and for further research.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy
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