Age anchoring guidance for determining Child Outcomes Summary (COS) ratings offers detailed guidance on age anchoring basics, the process of age anchoring skills and behaviors, age anchoring tools, special circumstances, and a checklist on age anchoring for the COS process.
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Special Collection of Child Outcomes reports
Our latest special collection provides a convenient means to access a variety of child outcomes data reports that states have produced for their local programs. Visit our Child Outcomes Reports collection to see what states are producing!
Professional Development on the COS Process
Our partners at ECTA Center have put together a helpful collection of national resources to support Child Outcomes Summary (COS) Process training and technical assistance. The resources are displayed in a sequence and designed to be embedded in various types of professional learning opportunities, such as webinars and face-to-face trainings. Visit the COS Process Professional […]
Brief on changes in child outcomes data
Interpreting year-to-year change in statewide child outcomes data requires understanding the possible reasons for fluctuations. Year-to-Year Changes in State Child Outcomes Data: What Do They Mean? is designed to help stakeholders learn what questions to ask to understand year-to-year changes in child outcomes data.
Updated data governance resources!
We’ve added new sections on Data Requests and Electronic Communications to our Data Governance and Management Toolkit. Learn about important data considerations for responding to data requests and governing the use of electronic communications.
Strengthening SSIP Evaluations with Qualitative Methods
Strengthening SSIP Evaluations with Qualitative Methods offers an overview of qualitative methods that could be used for SSIP activities. The document outlines the advantages and disadvantages of focus groups, interviews and document review and recommends best practices for planning, collecting, analyzing and reporting data. Two states currently using qualitative methods as part of their SSIP […]
Response to AUCD critique of child outcomes measures
The Perils of Confusing Performance Measurement with Program Evaluation blog is a response to a recent paper and webinar critiquing the child outcomes performance indicator for Part C and Part B 619. Members of DaSy’s leadership team address concerns about assumptions made by the study authors.
Fiscal Data Profile Template for Part C Systems
The DaSy/ECTA Fiscal Data Profile Template is an easy-to-use tool for displaying fiscal data reflective of the state Part C system. The Excel template converts raw program-level fiscal data that a state enters into more engaging and informative graphical displays (i.e., profiles) and analytical statements that can be used to facilitate budget development and management, […]
ESSA Preschool Data Reporting Workgroup
The SLDS Technical Assistance program is offering a virtual group for states who are working to determine how they will calculate the preschool count required under ESSA. Those responsible for the state plan and those who will be calculating the preschool count are encouraged to join these discussions. The group will meet virtually once a […]
Introducing the Stakeholder Knowledge Toolkit
Check out our Stakeholder Knowledge Toolkit, which provides Part C and Part B 619 stakeholders with an orientation to IDEA data and other data-related topics to help them meaningfully participate in conversations about important programmatic issues and decisions.