Best practices and lessons learned from SLDS grantee states on establishing data governance for data systems spanning early childhood to labor.
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Category Archives: 2012
YOUR Early Intervention Family Survey
This short video from the Connecticut Birth to Three System can help parents and service coordinators with the family survey that is sent out to families in Birth to Three for at least 6 months as of Feb 1st each year.
Frequently Asked Questions: Social Impact Bonds
This 2012 guide contains a set of common questions about Social Impact Bonds (a type of PFS model). Costa, K., Shah, S., Ungar, S., & Social Impact Bonds Working Group. (2012). Frequently asked questions: Social impact bonds. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress.
What are social impact bonds? An innovative financing tool for social programs
This is a general information resource about PFS that outlines some of the advantages and challenges of using PFS. Kohli, J., Besharov, D., J., & Costa, K. (2012). What are social impact bonds? An innovative new financing tool for social programs. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress.
Making National Survey Data Come Alive
This 2012 resource provides step-by-step instructions on how to engage, inform, and motivate all audiences when communicating data. Published by Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health (DRC) Making National Survey Data Come Alive
Pre K-3rd: Next Steps for State Longitudinal Data Systems
This 2012 policy brief discusses the urgent need to measure children’s educational process from the beginning of Pre K and offers recommendations to overcoming barriers in creating state longitudinal data systems that include Pre K-3rd grade children. Published by: Foundation for Child Development PreK-3rd: Next Steps for State Longitudinal Data Systems (PDF)
Analyzing State Differences in Child Well-Being
This 2012 report examines the results of a comprehensive composite of state-level child well-being data modeled after the Foundation for Child Development’s Child Well-Being Index. Published by: Foundation for Child Development Analyzing State Differences in Child Well-Being (PDF)
Using Data in Multi-Agency Collaborations: Guiding Performance to Ensure Accountability and Improve Programs
This 2012 report is designed to help collaborating organizations anticipate and address the most common challenges associated with multi-agency performance management and electronic data collection systems, offering practical advice including clarifying the purpose of the collaboration and of the data collection effort, determining what data to collect, and choosing a system to use. Published by: Child […]
A Tool Using Data to Inform a State Early Childhood Agenda
This 2012 tool is intended for state advocates and policymakers to use as they work to develop a state early childhood agenda. It includes a series of key questions to understand the context and conditions of young children, birth to six, in the state. Published by: Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) A Tool Using […]
Written Agreement Checklist
This 2015 revision of a 2012 document summarizes the requirements for the written agreements under the studies exception and the audit or evaluation exception as specified in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Published by: Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) Written Agreement Checklist