This collection provides resources specifically helpful for states as they work toward linking data between Part C and Part B 619 programs. These resources have been identified by TA providers from CEDS, CIID, DaSy, EDTAP, and PTAC as most relevant and useful for this work.
Data Governance Resources
Data linking between Part C and Part B 619: Start here!This first of three mini-webinars presented during Linking Week 2017, focused on helping state staff think through the data governance and technology considerations related to ...Read more
State of the States Data Governance BodyThis map summarizes national results on Data Governance Body. Click the tabs along the top to see national results on each of ten features of ...Read more
Avoid the Pitfalls: Benefits of Formal Part C Data System GovernanceThis 2016 brief promotes formal data governance for Part C data by describing lessons learned from other industries; outlining the risks of informal data governance ...Read more
Data Linkages Between Part C and Part B – Transition NotificationThis 2016 state spotlight describes how Kansas and Wisconsin implemented changes to their data systems and program practices to meet new IDEA notification requirements for ...Read more
Alaska: Improving Referrals of Victims of Maltreatment to the IDEA Part C ProgramThis 2015 state spotlight document describes how Alaska Part C improved the referral of children from Child Welfare to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ...Read more
Technical Considerations Resources
Linking Early Childhood DataThis infographic from DaSy’s 2017 Focus on Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data week offers an illustration of some important steps for states ...Read more
Where are the Data?This infographic from DaSy’s 2017 Focus on Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data week offers illustrations of four different scenarios for housing Early ...Read more- Data linking between Part C and Part B 619: Start here!This first of three mini-webinars presented during Linking Week 2017, focused on helping state staff think through the data governance and technology considerations related to ...Read more
ED/HHS Joint Report on Early Childhood Integrated DataThe January 2017 webinar hosted by the State Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program featured federal representatives discussing the key points from their new joint policy ...Read more
The Integration of Early Childhood DataThis 2016 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education includes profiles of eight states working on ...Read more
Data Integration ToolkitThe CIID Data Integration Toolkit is designed to support state education agency (SEA) efforts to integrate Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) data with their ...Read more
Common Education Data Standards (CEDS)CEDS offers a common vocabulary to help education stakeholders understand and use education data. It is organized by a Domain Entity Schema, which provides ...Read more- SLDS Webinar: Linking Early Childhood and K12 Data: A State Example from KentuckyThis 2014 webinar from the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program featured staff from the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics (KCEWS) discussing the ...Read more
- SLDS Webinar: Processes for Handling Multiple IDs to Ensure Data QualityThis 2015 webinar from the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program featured representatives from Kentucky, Washington State, and Michigan discussing their different processes for resolving ...Read more
- Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID)The Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID) provides technical assistance to state education agencies (SEAs) to increase the capacity to report high quality ...Read more
Critical Questions that Linking Can Help Answer
Developing Data Sharing ArrangementsConference: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference Date: March 2020 Presenter: Haidee Bernstein An overview of developing data sharing agreements, including challenges and strategies from selected states, presented ...Read more
How DaSy’s Critical Questions Can Support Your Linking EffortsThis short video describes how a team might use DaSy’s Critical Questions to support their linking work. For more information, visit our Critical Questions.Read more
Linking Data Week Day Two: Critical Questions — Why Link?Today, our Linking Data resources focus on how linking can help you to answer important questions about early intervention and early childhood special education programs ...Read more
Answer the Question!What people think of as the moment of discovery is really the discovery of the question. – Jonas Salk Questions—ones that get at important topics that ...Read more
Critical Questions for LinkingThis is a set of Critical Questions that a quality state data system for early intervention (EI) or early childhood special education (ECSE) should provide ...Read more
Resources Around State Linking Efforts
2018 State of Early Childhood Data SystemsThe Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) released a report and interactive website with results from their 2018 Early Childhood Data Systems Survey. The website includes ...Read more
Who is Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data? Look to the Maps!In discussions with our state partners around data linking, a question we often hear at the DaSy Center is, “What are other states doing?” ...Read more
Linking to Facilitate Transition NotificationWith the focus this week on linking data between Part C and Part B 619, it is helpful to look at states that have already ...Read more
State of the States on Linking DataThis infographic from DaSy’s 2017 Focus on Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data week offers data from our 2015 state survey on which ...Read more- Data Linkages Between Part C and Part B – Transition NotificationThis 2016 state spotlight describes how Kansas and Wisconsin implemented changes to their data systems and program practices to meet new IDEA notification requirements for ...Read more
Data Privacy Resources
- Developing Data Sharing ArrangementsConference: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference Date: March 2020 Presenter: Haidee Bernstein An overview of developing data sharing agreements, including challenges and strategies from selected states, presented ...Read more
Double-Check Federal Privacy Requirements before You LinkAs you plan to link data, be sure you check federal privacy requirements for sharing personally identifiable information (PII). One very helpful resource to ...Read more
Stay on the Linking Path: Don’t Forget PrivacyThis second of three mini-webinars presented during Linking Week 2017, featured guidance from the Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), as well as lessons learned from ...Read more- Where are the Data?This infographic from DaSy’s 2017 Focus on Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data week offers illustrations of four different scenarios for housing Early ...Read more
Benefiting from the Lessons Learned When Integrating Early Childhood DataMany states are pursuing linkages of early childhood program data (e.g., Part C, Part B 619, Head Start, QRIS) to improve services for young children ...Read more- The Integration of Early Childhood DataThis 2016 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education includes profiles of eight states working on ...Read more
IDEA and FERPA Confidentiality ProvisionsThis 2014 guidance document from the U.S. Department of Education offers a “crosswalk” of IDEA Part B, IDEA Part C, and FERPA for a variety ...Read more
Early Childhood Data Privacy resourcesThe U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) has developed a collection of early childhood data privacy resources. View Early Childhood Data Privacy Resource ...Read more
A Little Privacy Please? Safeguarding the Privacy of Young Children with Disabilities under IDEA and FERPAThis webinar featured privacy and legal experts from the U.S. Department of Education discussing answers to frequently asked questions related to privacy and confidentiality for ...Read more- Early Childhood Privacy and Confidentiality FAQsOSERS’ Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) released a guidance document in 2016. Understanding the Confidentiality Requirements Applicable to IDEA Early Childhood Programs Frequently Asked ...Read more
General Linking Resources
Education Data 101: A Briefing Book for PolicymakersThis downloadable December 2017 booklet from the Data Quality Campaign is meant to bring policymakers up to speed on major topics they need to know ...Read more
Linking Data Between Part C and Part B 619 Resource CollectionThis Special Collection includes all of the resources shared during Linking Week, including: infographics a video blogs useful products from TA Centers webinar presentations and recordings We will add to this ...Read more
Linking It All Together: Ready, Set, Go!This third of three mini-webinars presented during Linking Week 2017, reviewed lessons learned from the week and shared resources and supports that address specific data ...Read more
Part C and Part B 619 Data: A commitment worth makingIn February of 2016, the state-driven Linking Part C and Part B 619 Cohort began with the hope of joining or “wedding” data from these ...Read more
Linking Week Day Five: All About Those ResourcesLearning effective practices around linking is great in the moment, but can you access that knowledge when you’re ready to act? Today’s resources are ...Read more