Assessment

Assessment

OPEN NOW – Click here to take the ACC Data Literacy Assessment for Instructional Faculty and Related Staff (Deadline April 5th)

As a first step in achieving the goal of the DESS, we are asking you to take the inaugural data literacy assessment. Please take the assessment only one time.

This assessment will help us to do the following:

  • Identify areas where ACC can meet instructional faculty and related staff where they are on the data literacy spectrum and support them to improve their data literacy.
  • Develop an effective strategy to provide training to increase data literacy.

The Data Literacy Assessment will remain open until April 5, 2024

We will assess progress with data literacy on an ongoing, annual basis. By increasing data literacy, we will have more tools available to diagnose and discuss ways to increase student course completion rates.

Your responses will be completely anonymous, and all reports from survey responses will include summary data only. It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.

Immediate next steps (Spring and Summer 2024)

  • The DESS will analyze the results of the assessment and make recommendations based on the data we collect.
  • These recommendations will inform the following:
    • Opportunities for discussion on the current landscape of data literacy at ACC and goals for the future.
    • Development of training and other resources to assist instructional faculty and related staff to better locate, understand, and use data in decision making for their classrooms and departments.
  • The DESS will post results and key recommendations from the assessment on our website.

See the DESS Professional Development and Training for some initial engagement opportunities and information about plans for the future.

COMING SOON: Data Literacy Assessment Results and Recommendations

Into the future

We will continue to assess the data literacy of instructional faculty and related staff on an on-going annual basis to monitor progress and continue to improve our strategy for providing the most effective training to increase data literacy.

Data Literacy Assessment Development

The DESS developed the data literacy assessment in the spring of 2024 using the following steps:

  • Reviewed data literacy assessments currently administered by other educational institutions and in other settings, with a focus on the ACC context and definition of Data Literacy.
  • Subjected the assessment to an expert review (questionnaire design) by the ACC Office of Institutional Research and Analytics.
  • Held two focus group-based cognitive interviews with instructional faculty to learn how the respondents understood the questions.
  • Submitted the assessment for Executive Sponsor review by the VC Instruction (Dr. Gaye Lynn Scott) and the VC Institutional Research & Analytics (Dr. Jenna Cullinane Hege).

The DESS will evaluate the responses to the Assessment after the initial administration, including factor analysis to determine question redundancy, and make changes to the Assessment as deemed necessary for the next iteration.

See the FAQ section for more information about the assessment.