This 2013 session describes the importance of using data to inform decision-making. Principles of data use are broken out into three main categories: planning for who the users are, creating […]
Category Archives: 2013
Developing a Framework to Build High Quality Part C and Section 619 Systems
This 2013 session presents the system framework the ECTA Center is developing to support states in analyzing the capacity of their current Part C and Section 619 systems and building […]
Data Visualization: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Numbers
This 2013 session handout provides examples of different approaches that some states have used to display data in innovative and visually interesting ways as a means to better understand and […]
The Child Outcomes Summary (COS) Competency Check
This 2013 session highlights the ECO Center’s new COS Competency Check product. This resource offers a structured way to ensure staff completing the COS process have the basic knowledge and […]
Data Governance: The Foundation for an Effective Early Childhood Data System
This 2013 session discusses the increased need for data governance, but from a different approach. Instead of data governance administered within a single state agency to define when data are […]
Key Fiscal Tools and Indicators to Include in Early Childhood Data Collections
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Incorporating EC Data into Your Longitudinal Data System: Why Does It Matter to Part C and 619?
