SGER: The Development of Assessment Instruments for the Study of Quantitative Literacy: Supporting the Importance of Baseline Data and Evaluation Capacity Building

该项目的两个部分将为评价界贡献具体的智力价值项目：开发一种新型评估工具，以及汇编一个新领域的重要基线数据。特别是，作为这项研究的一部分，评估项目将不仅适用于QL研究，而且适用于使用多学科、机构中心和其他非常规课程组织形式的其他领域。开发这样的评估项目将是具有挑战性的，但对于收集与质量学习的目标和标准一致的数据来说是必不可少的。新的评估项目与其他项目的现有项目相结合，将创造丰富的数据收集资源。基线数据将包括收集和评估其所在机构的QL中心的试点数据。这些数据将集中在课程和课程发展以及教师发展方面。由于课程和教师发展是许多教育创新的共同之处，因此收集的数据和使用的方法将直接转移到其他评估项目中。然而，QL独特的多学科、以中心为基础的性质意味着其他非常规努力将有新的数据收集资源。微积分和其他学科课程改革的经验表明，一个支持性网络可以用来促进所有受影响的个人和团体的接受。因此，QL运动的一个重要部分是设计和组建国家数字网络(NNN)，以协助正在努力将QL从期望转化为教育实践的地方，传播有希望的做法，并在现有和潜在的网络站点之间交换信息。该网络计划的活动包括为教育工作者和其他人提供专业发展经验和了解质量学习的机会，以及一个网站，通过该网站，将向尽可能广泛的受众提供关于质量学习的资源、信息和思想交流。然而，NNN成功的关键是制定评估QL的标准--无论是在学生学习方面还是在机构项目方面。这个项目将从收集判断QL项目有效性所需的基线数据开始。通过关注政策、实践、专业发展、传播和评估的不同方面，全国算术网络将为量化素养提供催化剂，特别是在10至14年级。参与该网络的QL项目已经与能够直接影响更广泛受众的组织合作，为QL创造公共压力。NNN机构和组织正在开发QL课程材料和计划，以通过职业发展机会、QL资源库和QL网站进行共享。该项目将在提供使QL教育成为现实所需的信息方面发挥重要作用。

Two parts of this project will contribute specific items of intellectual merit for the evaluation community: the development of a new type of assessment tools, and compilation of significant baseline data in a new area. In particular, the assessment items to be developed as part of this study will be appropriate not only for the study of QL, but for other areas that utilize multiple disciplines, institutional centers, and other non-conventional forms of curricular organization. Developing such assessment items will be challenging, but essential to collecting data that are aligned with the goals and standards of QL. New assessment items in combination with existing items from other projects will create a rich resource for data collection.The baseline data will include the collection and evaluation of pilot data on QL Centers at their institutions. These data will focus on curriculum and course development, and faculty development. Because curriculum and faculty development are common to many educational innovations, the data collected-and methods used-will be directly transferable to other evaluation projects. However, the unique multi-disciplinary, center-based nature of QL means that other non-conventional endeavors will have new resources for data collection.Experiences from curricular reforms in calculus and other disciplines reveal that a supportive network can be used to promote buy-in by all affected individuals and groups. Therefore, an important part of the QL movement is the design and formation of the National Numeracy Network (NNN) to assist locales in which efforts are underway to translate QL from aspiration into educational practice, to disseminate promising practices, and to exchange information among existing and potential network sites. Planned activities of the network include professional development experiences and opportunities to learn about QL for educators and others and a Web site through which resources, information, and exchange of ideas regarding QL will be made accessible to the broadest possible audience. However, critical to the success of NNN are the development of standards for assessment of QL-both in terms of student learning and institutional programs. This project will begin this important process with the collection of baseline data necessary to judge the effectiveness of QL programs.By focusing on different aspects of policy, practice, professional development, dissemination, and assessment, the National Numeracy Network will provide a catalyst for quantitative literacy, especially in grades 10 to 14. QL programs participating in the network already are working with organizations that can directly influence a wider audience to create public pressure for QL. NNN institutions and organizations are developing QL course materials and programs to share through professional development opportunities, the QL Resource Library, and the QL Web site. This project will play an important role in providing the information necessary to make QL education a reality.