This 2013 session provides an overview on the types of finance data that states should be collecting for short-term planning and long-term projections as well as alternatives for collecting such finance data. The presenters detail the importance of creating linkages between finance data to other service planning and service delivery data in order to answer […]
Category Archives: 2013
Creating a Culture of Data: Focus on People
This 2013 session provides an overview of the Data Quality Campaign’s 2012 document, “Focus on People to Change Data Culture,” that presents national trends in states’ progress on building and using state longitudinal data systems to improve outcomes for children and families. Presented at the Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference in September, 2013. Creating a […]
How Can Partnerships with Higher Education Help Your State Agency Use Early Childhood Data for Decision-Making?
This 2013 session highlights successful collaborations in Ohio to illustrate the value of partnering with universities in bringing together state and local early childhood data to answer key policy questions and inform programming. Presented at the Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference in September 2013. How Can Partnerships with Higher Education Help Your State Agency Use […]
Family and Child Outcomes Data: Drill-Down and Linkages
This 2013 session will review hypothetical state family outcomes data and examine indicators of data quality and patterns in the family outcomes data, and link data to examine connections between family outcomes and child outcomes. Implications of analyses for developing targeted data-based improvement activities will be discussed. Presented by: 2013 Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference […]
Tracking the Achievement of Children Receiving Part C Early Intervention Services (Birth to Three) Into the Third Grade
This 2013 presentation discusses the findings of a historical cohort study that examined 58,839 children who received early intervening services for a cohort in 2006–07, what their educational placement was by grade three (2010–11), and how the Part C cohort was performing on high-stakes assessments compared to their peers. Presented by: NCES’ 26th Annual Management […]
Five Steps for Structuring Data-Informed Conversations and Action in Education
This 2013 facilitation guide shows education data teams how to move beyond simply reporting data to applying data to direct strategic action. The guide walks data teams through five key steps in using data for informed decision making and strategic action: setting the stage, examining the data, understanding the findings, developing an action plan, and […]
Can We Reverse the Wrong Course on Data and Accountability?
This 2013 report discusses the current use of data in U.S. education and the implications of its use. The report asserts measures of learning are usually limited in number and scope, and data suggesting poor performance schools and teachers are often used punitively. It explains how the current system of student data collection more often […]
OSEP Policy Letter to Maureen Greer/ITCA on parental consent and insurance billing for Part C services
This 2013 letter from OSEP to the IDEA Infant and Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA) responds to thirteen questions asked on behalf of ITCA’s state members about parental consent requirements, parental consent for the use of private insurance to pay for Part C services, and the SOP and fees provisions under the 2011 Part C regulations. […]
Desired Results Family Brochure
This 2013 brochure describes the Desired Results for Children and Families system which is used to measure child outcomes for children with disabilities in the state of California. This brochure can be used as an example for how to format and share information with families and broader audiences. Published by: California Department of Education Desired […]
Findings from the 2013 Early Care and Education Data Systems Survey
This 2013 presentation shares selected findings from recent Early Childhood Data Collaborative national survey of states and jurisdictions about their data systems. Presented at Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference in September 2013. Findings from the 2013 Early Care and Education Data Systems Survey