Quantitative Literacy and Research

Catalog description

Designed to ground discussions of educational policy across classroom, school, system and state/national levels within an orientation to developing literacy in statistics and quantitative research. Students learn to critically engage with an array of basic statistical research techniques and analyze various types of evaluations, including academic articles, reports generated in non-profit government sectors, and institutional evaluation metrics. Students also learn how to synthesize and critically evaluate analyses of an issue of policy, practice and program design of their choosing.