This guide helps families determine if their child’s early intervention or special education program is meeting his or her needs through three “child outcomes”. Published by: National Parent Technical Assistance Center at PACER Center & ECTA Center A Family Guide to Participating in the Child Outcomes Measurement Process (PDF)
Category Archives: Special Collection
Measuring What Matters: Using Data to Support Family Progress
This resource provides an overview of how Head Start and Early Head Start programs can use data to engage families and support each family’s progress toward the Office of Head Start (OHS) Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework Family Outcomes. Published by: The National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, Head Start Measuring […]
Outcomes Measurement: Talking with Families
This webpage houses resources related to talking with families about child and family outcomes data. Published by ECO Center and Outcomes Team at ECTA Outcomes Measurement: Talking with Families
Family Participation in Data Collection
This webpage offers key components of a quality approach to informing families about the collection of child and family outcome data. Published by: The Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center Family Participation in Data Collection
Informing Families about Outcomes
This webpage offers key components of informing families about child and family outcomes. Published by: The Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA)Center Informing Families about Outcomes Webpage
Alaska: Improving Referrals of Victims of Maltreatment to the IDEA Part C Program
This 2015 state spotlight document describes how Alaska Part C improved the referral of children from Child Welfare to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C Program by an automated transfer of data from Child Welfare to Part C for substantiated cases of child maltreatment (i.e., child abuse and/or neglect). By Taletha Derrington, […]
What do IDEA and FERPA tell us about Data Sharing?
This 2014 webinar is a reprisal of a popular session from our 2014 Improving Data, Improving Outcomes conference. Presenters from the U.S. Department of Education share information on current issues and guidance on IDEA and FERPA requirements regarding data sharing and confidentiality. The session includes highlights and recent guidance from the Part B and Part […]
Data Sharing Agreement Checklist for IDEA Part C and Part B 619 Agencies and Programs
This 2014 document is an adaptation of the 2012 release of “Data Sharing Agreement Checklist” intended for K-12 audiences. Presented as a checklist, the document summarizes the requirements for the written agreements under the audit or evaluation exception that is specified in FERPA and that also applies to the IDEA for Part C early intervention […]
Climbing the Pay for Success Learning Curve: How a working group helped South Carolina understand and prepare for PFS financing
This brief 2014 report summarizes the experience and lessons learned of a PFS workgroup sponsored by the Institute for Child Success in South Carolina between February and October 2013 to explore PFS financing. Golden, M. (2014). Climbing the Pay for Success Learning Curve: How a working group helped South Carolina understand and prepare for PFS […]
Data De-identification: An Overview of Basic Terms
This 2014 document is intended to assist early intervention service programs and providers and preschool special education programs and agencies in maintaining compliance with privacy and confidentiality requirements under IDEA and FERPA. It reviews the terminology used to describe data de-identification as well as related concepts and approaches; provides general best practice de-identification strategies for […]

