“Words to the Wise” on how DaSy products can support your data system work, as well as other blog posts produced by the DaSy team.
Deficit Narratives: How We Can Change Our Perspective
Deficit narratives imply that the children, not the schools or programs, need to change in order to improve educational outcomes and experiences. How can we turn those statements around to ...Read moreTimelines for Obligating and Liquidating FFY 2021 Part C ARP and IDEA Funds
On May 17, 2023 OSEP released a memo regarding the obligation of and timelines for liquidating FFY 2021 funds. The OSEP memo addressed questions OSEP had received about FFY 2021 ...Read moreFamily Data Leaders Advance States’ Efforts
Multiple family voices at the table are essential. Family members will reveal unseen successes, barriers, issues, or problems. They will suggest and recommend improvements. They will define and celebrate successes. ...Read moreOSEP Blog: Suspension, Expulsion & Informal Removals: Unexpected Realities in Preschool
DaSy Director Grace Kelley and DaSy TA Specialist Jennifer Tschantz contributed to OSEP Director Valerie C. Williams’ May Discipline Discussions Blog. This month she addressed the important topic of suspensions, ...Read morePart C Data Tips: Spring Resources
Part C Data Managers are shifting timelines and processes in response to new deadlines around modernization. Top Part C Data tasks to tackle this quarter are focused around OSEP’s modernization ...Read morePart C Data Tips: March Resources
Every season in the calendar year has a season of data needs for Part C and Part B 619 Data Managers and Coordinators. We asked DaSy experts for tools that ...Read moreJoin Heather Krause for Data Equity: How to Align Your Data with Your Mission on March 17th
Session 4 of the IDIO Encore Virtual Series, will repeat the recording of We All Count’s Heather Krause’s Opening Plenary Data Equity: How to Align Your Data with Your Mission. ...Read moreStreamline Steps: Using DaSy’s Data Linking Toolkit with Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) Tools
Data linking is often necessary to address critical questions about program quality and to improve results for young children with disabilities and their families. Yet data linking can be challenging. ...Read moreRemembering Judy Heumann
A tireless activist and advocate, Judy helped develop legislation that would become the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and she was a key figure in other federal legislation to ...Read moreA Data Linking Success Story in North Carolina
DaSy’s State of the States report shows that many early intervention (Part C) and early childhood special education (Part B, 619) state coordinators and data managers are interested in increasing ...Read moreWe renovated! Check Out DaSy’s Updated and Easier-to-use Data Visualization Toolkit
Learn about the refresh of our ever-popular Data Vis Toolkit. Now with guidance on how to consider equity and inclusion when creating data visualizations and new resources and tools!Read moreIDIO 2022: DaSy experts share their “Do Not Miss” IDIO highlights
We are only about two weeks away! 2022 Improving Data, Improving Outcomes (IDIO): Leadership, Equity, Impact is Aug 21-26, 2022, at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. We asked ...Read moreGetting Started: Where Does Your Agency’s Existing Data Governance Live?
You can’t have data quality without data governance. And data governance is complex and complicated—but it doesn’t have to be this way.Read moreWhat’s the Difference Between Data Sharing, Data Linking and Data Integration?
Part Three in our Data Linking Blog Series Authors: Bruce Bull and Denise Mauzy Contributor: Margo Smith Data, data, everywhere. And how do we get that data to answer our questions? Data from ...Read moreI wish I had known… Tips from former Part C and Part B/619 Coordinators and Data Managers
We talked with a few of our DaSy TA experts and found out what they wished they had known when they were starting out as Part C/619 Coordinators and Data ...Read morePreparing for Target Setting with Stakeholders
If you work in Part C and 619 you know that, this year, every state must set targets for Part C and 619 performance through 2025. These targets must be ...Read moreAuthentic Stakeholder Engagement: Why, How and What (Purpose, Process and Results)
Our early childhood community, including state and local personnel, families, and the larger community, has an interest in supporting our young children with disabilities.Read moreTaking a Critical Look at Your Child Find Efforts
Authors: Margaret Gillis, Kathryn Morrison, & Haidee Bernstein In reviewing the data on the percentage of children birth to 3 years old that my state’s Part C program serves, I noticed ...Read moreTake a Look at Your Child Outcomes Data Profile
Having high-quality child outcomes data is more important than ever. The data are a focus of accountability in OSEP’s Results Driven Accountability Initiative. State early intervention and preschool special education ...Read moreFive Considerations for Potential Data Linking Partners
Data linking partnerships can yield significant benefits, such as administrative efficiencies and access to additional data to answer policy questions and inform program improvement.Read moreWhy Link Data?
There is no requirement for Part C or Part B 619 programs to link data with other programs, but some states do. Given the extra time and effort it takes, ...Read moreDo It BEFORE You Need It: Develop a Written State Data System Changes Policy
Author: Bruce Bull, DaSy Like most things in life, data systems don’t last forever. Data systems need to be enhanced to keep current with new data requirements, security standards, improved business ...Read moreIt’s Data Culture Time! How Are We Doing?
Authors: Denise Mauzy and Haidee Bernstein, DaSy A recent policy guide from the Education Commission of the States asserts that “when states treat data collection and analysis as a lesser function, ...Read moreData Breach of Personally Identifiable Information
Authors: Denise Mauzy, Bruce Bull, and Haidee Bernstein, DaSy I just learned about two different data breaches! I know my state needs to strengthen our data breach polices and hold privacy ...Read moreEmbrace the Data Culture!
Author: Haidee Bernstein, DaSy This is the first of a two-part blog. The main goals of these blogs are to (1) promote a greater understanding of what it means to have ...Read moreIs data governance a must-have or just more paperwork?
Authors: Denise Mauzy and Bruce Bull, DaSy You have heard it before: Formal data governance is important. It establishes responsibility for Part C and/or Part B 619 data, enables program staff ...Read moreAre You Turning Data into Insight?
Authors: Cornelia Taylor and Denise Mauzy, SRI International “The goal is to turn data into information and information into insight.” — Carly Fiorina, former chief executive officer and chair of Hewlett-Packard Company We ...Read moreHow to Build a “Data Culture”?
This short blog post from Whole Whale identifies three key components for building a Data Culture and outlined the role that each play in the process. It’s a helpful ...Read moreGood stuff at #ECIDEA18: COS process training resources
The Child Outcomes Summary (COS) process is a team process for summarizing information on a child’s functioning in each of the three child outcome areas using a 7-point scale. With ...Read moreComplete your Data Story with Qualitative Data
The most important goal of collecting, analyzing, and sharing data is to inspire action and the most effective way of inspiring action is to engage in data story-telling. When you ...Read moreInnovative funding for early childhood programs? Yes, please!
A new funding approach is being explored to support services for young children with disabilities and their families. PFS is an innovative financing model that tests and advances promising and ...Read moreTelling your data story with an infographic: It’s easier than you think!
Do you have a great data story to tell? Do you need to communicate your data story concisely and clearly to a diverse audience? If so, an infographic is your ...Read moreThe Perils of Confusing Performance Measurement with Program Evaluation
A group of researchers recently published a paper critiquing the child outcomes performance indicator for Part C and Part B 619. They also presented some of their thoughts in a ...Read moreEngaging Families in Early Childhood Data Initiatives
Data-driven decision-making is transforming education and family services, from personalized learning plans for individual children, to school-level program development, to state-wide systemic changes. As our systems move towards data-driven decision-making ...Read moreEarly Childhood Special Education and ESSA
In the latest Early ED in ESSA blog, our co-directors Donna Spiker and Kathy Hebbeler and our friends Sharon Walsh and Debbie Cate from the ECTA Center explain how states ...Read moreWho is Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data? Look to the Maps!
In discussions with our state partners around data linking, a question we often hear at the DaSy Center is, “What are other states doing?” In order to provide information ...Read moreWhat does it take to create a good RFP for a new data system?
Sorry, your data system will not perform as desired forever. Requirements, technology, expectations all change. Even with the best maintenance, your data system will eventually become antiquated. Replacing it may ...Read moreDouble-Check Federal Privacy Requirements before You Link
As you plan to link data, be sure you check federal privacy requirements for sharing personally identifiable information (PII). One very helpful resource to consider is Understanding the Confidentiality ...Read moreLinking Data Between Part C and Part B 619 Resource Collection
This Special Collection includes all of the resources shared during Linking Week, including: infographics a video blogs useful products from TA Centers webinar presentations and recordings We will add to this collection as we find new ...Read moreLinking Early Childhood Data
This infographic from DaSy’s 2017 Focus on Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data week offers an illustration of some important steps for states to consider when linking data ...Read moreWhere are the Data?
This infographic from DaSy’s 2017 Focus on Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data week offers illustrations of four different scenarios for housing Early Intervention (EI) and Early Childhood ...Read morePart C and Part B 619 Data: A commitment worth making
In February of 2016, the state-driven Linking Part C and Part B 619 Cohort began with the hope of joining or “wedding” data from these two programs to address program ...Read moreHow DaSy’s Critical Questions Can Support Your Linking Efforts
This short video describes how a team might use DaSy’s Critical Questions to support their linking work. For more information, visit our Critical Questions.Read moreLinking Week Day Four: Ensuring Privacy
A major priority when linking data is ensuring that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is protected. Today’s resources can help you ensure privacy while connecting your data sources: Today’s Stay on the ...Read moreBenefiting from the Lessons Learned When Integrating Early Childhood Data
Many states are pursuing linkages of early childhood program data (e.g., Part C, Part B 619, Head Start, QRIS) to improve services for young children and families. As you ...Read moreLinking Week Day Five: All About Those Resources
Learning effective practices around linking is great in the moment, but can you access that knowledge when you’re ready to act? Today’s resources are intended to provide you with ...Read moreLinking Week Day Three: State Stories
Today’s Linking Data resources offer information about states who are working to link their data: Linking to Facilitate Transition Notification shares lessons learned by Kansas and Wisconsin around linking data for ...Read moreLinking to Facilitate Transition Notification
With the focus this week on linking data between Part C and Part B 619, it is helpful to look at states that have already begun the linking process through ...Read moreState of the States on Linking Data
This infographic from DaSy’s 2017 Focus on Linking Part C and Part B 619 Data week offers data from our 2015 state survey on which states are linking EI and ...Read moreLinking Data Week Day Two: Critical Questions — Why Link?
Today, our Linking Data resources focus on how linking can help you to answer important questions about early intervention and early childhood special education programs and services: Answer the Question! explores ...Read moreAnswer the Question!
What people think of as the moment of discovery is really the discovery of the question. – Jonas Salk Questions—ones that get at important topics that are meaningful to Early Intervention ...Read moreLinking Day 1: Data Governance and Technology Considerations
Today, we focus on helping Part C and 619 think through the data governance and technology considerations related to linking data. New resources include an infographic showing the steps ...Read moreSo you submitted your Phase III SSIP report… What now?
Look no further than our new State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) evaluation resource special collection! In order to increase visibility and access to the range of SSIP resources on other ...Read moreOh, the stories you can find in our maps!
We at Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy Center) are data fiends. We love this quote: Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for ...Read moreWondering how to put together a Data Sharing Agreement? We can help!
Our Data Sharing Agreement Checklist summarizes the requirements for the written agreements under the audit or evaluation exception that is specified in FERPA and that also applies to the IDEA ...Read moreHIPAA protections for child data
Wondering if the data you collect is covered by HIPAA? We can help! Our Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Frequently Asked Questions document provides an orientation ...Read more
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