Conference: STATS-DC Date: August 2017 Presenters: Jennifer Tschantz , Megan Cox, & Donna Spiker This session will provide an overview of Pay For Success (PFS), an innovative financing mechanism being used to expand early childhood programs. The types of administrative and child-level data contained in state education data systems can be used to establish that an […]
Conference: STATS-DC Date: August 2017 Presenters: Nancy Copa, Courtney Petrosky, Anita Larson, & Avisia Whiteman Your state has a lot of data, but do you know how to use it to ask and answer questions about children/students, families, personnel and programs? The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy) has developed resources to help you […]
Conference: STATS-DC Date: August 2017 Presenters: Dawn Hendricks, Haidee Bernstein, & Tony Ruggiero This presentation defines what a data team is, explains the function of a data team, and provides state data team examples. Developing Local Data Teams: Moving Toward Data Informed Decision Making
Conference: Early Childhood Personnel Center’s Cross-Cohort Leadership Institute Date: September 2017 Presenters: Kathleen Hebbeler This presentation provides information on the importance of state data systems in answering critical policy and program questions about the early childhood workforce. State Data Systems and Critical Questions about Personnel
Conference: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Date: June 2016 Presenter: Colleen Murphy This session provides states with a roadmap for identifying, organizing, and visually displaying the data elements needed to answer state prioritized questions. This process is demonstrated using the Center for Early Childhood IDEA Data Systems (DaSy) Critical Questions and […]
Conference: Infant and Early Childhood Conference (IECC) Date: May 2016 Presenters: Debi Donelan prepared with Katrina Martin This 2016 Infant and Early Childhood Conference (IECC) presentation explores ways to authentically engage families in assessment and learn about resources that facilitate collaboration with families. Actively engaging families in the Child Outcome Summary (COS) process leads to […]
This toolkit presentation is intended to support practitioners in using data to make program and child level decisions.
Conference: STATS-DC Date: July 2015 Presenters: Abby Winer, Grace Kelley, & Brendan Ibe This session discusses the critical questions a high-quality data system must be able to answer and the important questions it should be able to answer through integration into an ECIDS or SLDS in order to improve outcomes for children and youth in […]
Conference: National Meeting on Early Learning Assessment (NOLA) Date: June 2015 Presenter: Kathleen Hebbeler This presentation highlights key items to consider when assessing children with disabilities. It goes over various parts of the process such as determining the purpose of the assessment, choosing an appropriate assessment for the determined purpose, and implementing best assessment practices. […]
Conference: DaSy-ECIDS Topical Meeting Date: March 2015 Presenters: Missy Cochenour, Kathi Gillaspy, Grace Kelley, Denise Mauzy, Amy Nicholas, Jeff Sellers, and Sharon Walsh This presentation and associated handouts give states an introduction to the advantages/value of linked/integrated data and participating in their state’s Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS). It is intended to increase knowledge […]
