Beliefs and Skills: Data Systems A university education department realized that using data-driven decisions and aligning research-based interventions with student needs was being favored in getting federal Department of Education grants. They wrote a grant proposal and included Edstar in it to have us create a predictive data analytics system (like EVAAS) and described that it would take us about a month and cost about $5,000. Although the SAS EVAAS system already was available to all schools in North Carolina, and was developed by SAS, they thought Edstar staff was nicer to work with and understood educators better, so they put in their grant proposal that we would develop a system that did the same thing as SAS EVAAS so teachers could work with Edstar instead of with SAS. They wrote in their grant that the schools they were going to work with would use this system to identify kids who might be successful in advanced classes. Which beliefs are influencing their Equity Lens? Click to check your answer. B.1 Cause and Effect B.2 Expert vs. Evidence B.3 What At-Risk Means B.4 Desired Outcomes and Goals B.5 What is STEM and Why We Need to Fill STEM Pipeline Which skills are influencing their Equity Lens? Click to check your answer. S.1 Knowing What Can Be Known S.2 How to Identify Kids to Align Services S.3 How to Classify Things S.4 Working With Data S.5 Understanding Data Details S.6 Understanding Federal Data-Handling Laws BeliefsB.1 Cause and Effect NA B.2 Expert vs. Evidence NA B3. What At-Risk Means NA B.4 Desired Outcomes and Goals NA B.5 What is STEM and Why We Need to Fill STEM Pipeline NA SkillsS.1 Knowing What Can Be Known NA S.2 How to Identify Kids to Align Services NA S.3 How to Classify Things NA S.4 Skill Set Required for Working With Data They thought that the skills required to do this were minimal, and not of much value. It was all a black box to them. S.5 Understanding Data Details NA S.6 Understanding Federal Data-Handling Laws NA
