The Role of Statistical Offices and Associations in Supporting the Teaching of Statistics at School Level

Abstract

In many countries mathematics curricula for primary and secondary schools have been reformed to include statistics. At the same time, national statistics offices have recognised that statistics, if taught meaningfully at school-level, would promote statistical literacy and lead to a better understanding of national statistics office activities, such as census. A number of national statistics offices and statistical associations have thus embarked on projects that develop materials for use in the classroom and/or assist school teachers to engage more meaningfully with the statistics content of the school syllabus. This chapter gives a few specific examples of the roles that national statistics offices and statistical associations around the world are playing in supporting the teaching of statistics at school-level.