This resource is designed to identify and improve data use skills among early childhood education (ECE) program staff so that they can use data to inform, plan, monitor, and make decisions for instruction and program improvement. This self assessment tool supports the development of data use skills and contains many practical materials to support data teams. It contains three components: a data use checklist to identify ECE program staff’s skills in using child assessment and administrative data; a resource guide to identify professional development resources aligned to goals in improving data use skills; and an action plan template to support planning for developing and achieving data use goals.
