Are you responsible for analysis and use of child find data? If so, you’ll want to try our new Excel-based calculator to compute statistical differences for both the 0-1 and the 0-3 child counts. It’s another DaSy-ECTA collaboration designed to make your job easier. View Identify Meaningful Differences in Child Find Calculator
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Identify Meaningful Differences in Child Find
This Excel-based calculator allows states to make several comparisons related to the percentage of infants and toddlers served: State percentage compared to state target, local program percentage compared to state target, and year-to-year comparisons of the state percentages. It also computes confidence intervals to determines whether the difference between the two numbers is large enough […]
Data Culture Self-Assessment
This DaSy-developed tool provides guidance for building a culture of data use. It includes items in four areas: teaming, data management, data-informed inquiry, and monitoring and communication. Items related to inclusive practices and participation are woven throughout the areas. View Data Culture Self-Assessment
Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Data Use Worksheet
This DaSy-developed worksheet is for recording, categorizing, and rank ordering data use barriers in the state or local program and brainstorming resolutions to them. View Worksheet: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Data Use Worksheet
Barriers to Data Use
This DaSy-developed infographic identifies the cultural, political, and technical barriers that research has identified as impacting data use. View Barriers to Data UseInfographic or text-only version
Selecting State-Level Questions Most Relevant to Local Data Use
This DaSy-developed tool guides local staff in selecting and prioritizing critical questions most related to local programs in the areas of child and family, practitioner, and programs and services. Selecting State-Level Questions Most Relevant to Local Data Use
State-Level Data Quality Considerations Worksheet
This DaSy-developed worksheet is provided to facilitate conversations among team members about state data quality issues. Notes can be recorded in the column provided. View Worksheet: State-Level Data Quality Considerations Worksheet
Local-Level Data Quality Considerations Worksheet
This DaSy-developed worksheet is provided to facilitate conversations among team members about local data quality issues. Notes can be recorded in the column provided. View Worksheet: Local-Level Data Quality Considerations Worksheet
Outcomes Measurement
This collection of resources from the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA) can be used to analyze child and family outcomes and to measure associated meaningful differences using calculators developed by ECTA. ECTA Outcomes Measurement Resources
Analyzing Child Outcomes Data for Program Improvement: A Guidance Table
This guidance table from the Early Childhood Outcomes Center (ECO) is a tool to help identify key issues, questions, and approaches for analyzing and interpreting data on outcomes for young children with disabilities. This tool supports using a method of inquiry when approaching child outcomes. Analyzing Child Outcomes Data Guidance Table