This 2012 document discusses the strategies used and lessons learned by Virginia, Oregon, Iowa, and Washington, DC through efforts to engage with stakeholders. These states offer insights for both engaging with and understanding the needs of districts, and using that knowledgewhen developing statewide data systems. Published by: State Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) State Support Team […]
This 2012 tool contains strategies for engaging key internal stakeholders via authentic participation in decision-making. It provides useful tips for effective facilitation, recording, and reporting back to stakeholders. Published by: Public Agenda Internal Stakeholder Engagement Workshop Toolkit
This 2012 webinar summary is based on presentations from states on how Head Start fits into their statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDS). Published by: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SDLS) State Support Team (SST) Head Start and SLDS: Getting to Know You
This 2011 resource is a guide to data management and data sharing. Sections include sharing data, data management planning, documenting data, formatting data, storing data, ethics and consent, and copyright. Published by: University of Essex Managing and Sharing Data
This 2011 workbook is an accompanying guide to the textbook Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press (Nelson, Hesse, & Croyle). This guide presents an overview of communication concepts and a framework to communicate data. It also includes examples to illustrate the application of this framework. Published […]
This 2011 document provides a vision for Massachusetts’ Early Childhood Information System (ECIS). It describes how Massachusetts engaged stakeholders in the process of creating a vision for the system; identifies essential data elements central to the development of the system; describes the goals of the ECIS and how the system will accomplish these goals; and […]
This 2011 brief provides guidance on the identification of end users and those users’ information needs. The document guides state staff to reflect on the purpose and intended outcomes of a data system, identify and prioritize the users it can and should serve, and then assess the system’s capacity to support the identified uses. Published […]
This 2011 best practices brief provides a list of Do’s and Do Not’s for effectively communicating with stakeholders throughout the system design, development, and deployment of a data system. Published by: State Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) State Support Team (SST) Stakeholder Communication: Tips from the States
This 2011 electronic book is the second in a four-part series about longitudinal data systems (LDS). It discusses the critical planning and development phases of a longitudinal data system project and guides readers through the process of engaging a wide variety of stakeholders to create a vision for an LDS, build support for the undertaking, […]
This 2011 best practice brief summarizes a webinar in which representatives from three states shared experiences and offered tips on identifying alternative sources of support for developing, sustaining, and expanding statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs). Published by: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SDLS) State Support Team (SST) Alternative Sources of Support for SLDS Work: Tips from […]
