Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Taletha Derrington, Abby Winer, Susan Campbell, Barbara Mazza, Michele Rush, Cindy Hankey & Verna Thompson This presentation highlights how creating plans and documenting the results in one place will maximize the efficiency and utility of your efforts to use data to […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Robin Nelson, Amy Nicholas, Missy Cochenour, & Betsy Ayankoya This workshop highlights how the DaSy Framework can help you engage stakeholders in data use. Engaging stakeholders in data use is critical to the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) process. The DaSy […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Taletha Derrington, Kathy Hebbeler, Abby Winer, & Megan Vinh This presentation focuses on breaking down and/or rephrasing evaluation questions, perhaps into several questions, that clearly communicate the details needed for data analysts to understand what you want to analyze and how. […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Tony Ruggiero, Chris Thacker, Lynne Kahn, Abby Winer, & Missy Cochenour This topical burst provides guidance and tips for creating data products for local staff and ways to promote a culture of data use at the local level. Presentation: Sharing Data […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Siobhan Colgan, Sharon Ringwalt, & Sharon Walsh This session provides an opportunity to plan for and discuss activities to support the Coherent Improvement Strategies in your Phase I Part C SSIP. Bring your Theory of Action and be ready to work […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Kathi Gillaspy, Lynne Kahn, Anne Louise Thompson, Abby Winer, & Jana Rosborough This gallery focuses on potential ways to collect and use data on coherent improvement strategies and assess gaps in your existing data for evaluation. Examples of existing data or […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Siobhan Colgan, Taletha Derrington, Lynne Kahn, Christina Kasprzak, Kathleen Hebbeler, & Donna Spiker This presentation provides some strategies for making predictions for the ways in which improvements in data quality will impact the summary statements describing child outcomes (will the values […]
Our new Framework Self-Assessment is a companion to the ECTA System Framework and the DaSy Data System Framework. Developed by DaSy and ECTA, the self-assessment is an Excel-based tool that provides a structure for state Part C and Section 619/Preschool programs to record the current status of their state system and set priorities for improvement. […]
A publication from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES), A Guide to Using State Longitudinal Data for Applied Research may be useful for state staff as background for interacting with researchers and may help state staff and researchers communicate across their two cultures. It highlights the opportunities and constraints that researchers […]
Looking for a more suitable measure of socioeconomic status (SES) than eligibility for free- and reduced-price meal programs? The National Center for Education Statistics has just released a useful guide to help policymakers, program staff, and data staff adopt new measures. The Forum Guide to Alternative Measures of Socioeconomic Status in Education Data Systems identifies […]
