The Pre-K–12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education II (GAISE II): A Framework for Statistics and Data Science Education is now available for free download. It can also be purchased on Amazon for $15.

The GAISE II report presents a framework for statistics and data science literacy at the elementary-, middle-, and high-school levels and addresses the evolution of data types and skills needed to make sense of the wealth of data that confronts us. Updates include the following:

• The importance of questioning through each stage of the statistical problem-solving process (formulating a statistical investigative question, collecting or considering data, analyzing data, and interpreting results) and how this process remains at the forefront of statistical thinking
• The consideration of different data and variable types and the importance of carefully designing how primary data is collected or secondary data is considered to answer a statistical investigative question, the process of collecting and cleaning data, the interrogation of data, and the analysis of data
• The inclusion of multivariate thinking throughout all levels of K–12 education
• The role of probabilistic thinking in quantifying randomness used by students throughout all school levels
• The shifts and deepening of the role of technology throughout pre-K–12 education
• The importance of how now, more than ever, statistical information is communicated

“The American Statistical Association is committed to providing leadership in all aspects of statistics education,” said 2020 ASA President Wendy Martinez. “I made K–6 education the focus of one of my presidential initiatives, so I am delighted that pre-K–12 GAISE II becomes available during my year as president. GAISE II, which updates the pre-K–12 GAISE released in 2005, reflects best practices in statistics education, expanded definitions of data, and advances in technology. Teachers, curriculum developers, administrators, and policymakers will be able to use this document to develop and implement standards and lessons that ensure data and statistical literacy. GAISE II provides a framework for rich instruction in statistics for all students!”

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For more information about GAISE II, read this Harvard Data Science Review article.