D019: Data Literacy and Evidence-Based Practices

Data Literacy and Evidence-Based Practices builds the analytical foundation for everything else in the program — turning raw school data into genuine, actionable improvement plans.

What D019 covers

The course focuses on developing the data literacy skills educators need to improve the learning and development opportunities of K-12 students. Candidates practice identifying educational problems and data types, generating data, analyzing data, making inferences and drawing conclusions, and creating action plans within their educational settings.

Candidates also learn best practices for data literacy, including continuous improvement planning, approaches to professional learning communities, and instructional decision-making processes. This course has no prerequisites.

The D019 performance assessment

Expect a performance assessment requiring you to analyze a given data set from a school setting and develop an action plan grounded in your conclusions.

Key topics in D019

• Data types and generation
• Data analysis and inference
• Continuous improvement planning
• Professional learning communities

Writing tips for D019

Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line

WGU performance assessments for D019 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.

Ground leadership recommendations in a specific school context, not leadership theory alone

Educational Leadership courses like D019 typically hand you a school scenario (enrollment size, demographics, specific challenges) and expect your recommendations to genuinely fit that context, not just cite leadership theory in the abstract. Evaluators check whether your reasoning is grounded in the specific school situation given.

Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission

There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for each D019 assessment as a real deadline.

Why students seek help with D019

Candidates sometimes propose an action plan without genuinely tracing it back to the specific data conclusions — the rubric typically wants that data-to-action link made explicit, not asserted independently.

How GradeEssays helps with D019

Share your data scenario and rubric, and your writer will build an action plan explicitly traced back to the specific data analysis and conclusions.

Prerequisites and program context

D019 has no prerequisites.

• Master of Science, Educational Leadership

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