This assignment required us to access the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) website. The NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. From there we were to download a spreadsheet from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is the largest national representative of what students know and are able to do. They collect data by breaking the nation up into regions. Each year they randomly select school and a certain number of students from those schools to test in a range of subjects from art, math, English, science, etc. Once all their information is compiled they develop state and national averages. Using the spreadsheet from NAEP we were to develop a scatter chart to demonstrate where states fall against the national average. As we all know by now, WV isn't doing so hot.
Then, we were to conduct a t-test to determine if boys were smarter than girls, which they are not.
This assignment falls under ISTE NETS T standard 5 because it is a continuation of our ability to grow and learn as professionals from the evaluation of current research.
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