What questions should data users, such as program directors, advocates, and policymakers, be asking?
Critical Questions About Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
Category Archives: Data Use Framework
Data Visualization Toolkit
This DaSy toolkit provides guidance for effectively creating and presenting data visuals.
Planning, Conducting, and Documenting Data Analysis for Program Improvement
This 2015 document was developed to help technical assistance (TA) providers and state staff define and limit the scope of data analysis for program improvement efforts, including the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP); develop a plan for data analysis; document alternative hypotheses and additional analyses as they are generated; and summarize findings and document results. […]
Data Meeting Toolkit
This toolkit is a suite of tools that groups can use to guide conversation around data and support databased decisionmaking. The toolkit provides resources to support success before, during, and after data meetings. Data Meeting Toolkit
Data Culture Toolkit
The DaSy toolkit is a resource containing information, guidance, and templates to help Part C and Part B 619 program staff build effective data teams and support conditions for a culture of data use at the state and local levels. The toolkit is organized around key steps to building a culture of data use in your state or local team.
Early Childhood Data Use Assessment Tool
This resource is designed to identify and improve data use skills among early childhood education (ECE) program staff so that they can use data to inform, plan, monitor, and make decisions for instruction and program improvement. This self assessment tool supports the development of data use skills and contains many practical materials to support data […]
Answering Key Questions with an Early Childhood Data System
This 2013 issue brief describes a 7-step process to design and use essential questions in an early childhood data system. Suggested stakeholders, their roles, and how data can be used are included. Published by: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SDLS) State Support Team (SST) Answering Key Questions with an Early Childhood Data System
Data use for continuous quality improvement: What the Head Start field can learn from other disciplines, a literature review and conceptual framework
This report includes a comprehensive literature review and conceptual framework produced as part of the Head Start Leadership, Excellence, and Data Systems project. The review encompasses seven major elements that may support or impede data use for continuous quality improvement. The results of the review are organized by the seven elements (represented in a conceptual […]