EVIDALI: Evidence-informed data literacy for policy and practice
The digitalisation of education has dramatically increased the availability and use of educational data, presenting both opportunities and challenges. While data can support personalized learning, school improvement, and evidence-informed policy, many educators lack sufficient data literacy to effectively harness this potential. Current approaches to data literacy in schools and policy remain fragmented across Europe. There is a pressing need to build capacity for evidence-informed data literacy strategies that support teaching and learning, address ethical considerations, and respond to the emerging role of AI in education. The EVIDALI project aims to fill this gap by fostering collaboration between policy makers and researchers, and by exploring the actual data practices and training needs of teachers and school leaders.
The project
EVIDALI operates through two interlinked strands focusing on policy and practice. The policy strand maps and analyses data literacy strategies across all EU Member States, engaging policy makers in a three-year Policy Learning Lab (PLLab) to co-design evidence-based strategies that support Data Literacy for Teaching (DLFT). The practice strand investigates current data use and training needs in schools through a large-scale survey (DaLiS) in four partner regions and collects examples of good data use practices. These practices are validated through workshops with advanced data-user teachers and then disseminated via a MOOC and open resources. The project is funded Co-funded by the ERASMUS Lump Sums Grants. It is led by European Schoolnet and includes ministries, regional authorities, research institutes.
