The DaSy Center provides resources to help families understand why data are important. We want to help families ask good questions about data. We want to help families partner with program staff to set directions based on data.
Information about data systems
Stakeholder Knowledge ToolkitThis DaSy toolkit provides an orientation to IDEA data and other data-related topics to help stakeholders meaningfully participate in conversations about programmatic issues and decisions.Read more
The Story of Data: An Early Childhood TaleThis short IDEA Data Center (IDC) video is an engaging animated story that shows how data inform early intervention decisions for a baby with disabilities. The Story of Data: An ...Read more- The Importance of High-Quality IDEA DataThe Importance of High-Quality IDEA Data features state early intervention and special education professionals and OSEP staff describing how high-quality IDEA data help ensure that children with disabilities receive the ...Read more
What is an Early Childhood Integrated Data System?This 2016 short video from the SLDS Grant Program describes early childhood integrated data systems (ECIDSs) that collect, integrates, maintain, store, and report information from multiple early childhood programs within ...Read more
Informing Families about OutcomesThis webpage offers key components of informing families about child and family outcomes. Published by: The Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA)Center Informing Families about Outcomes WebpageRead more
Desired Results Family BrochureThis 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 ...Read more
Parent Rights, Responsibilities, and Resources in Early InterventionThis handbook helps Utah parents understand their rights, responsibilities, and resources as the parent of a child receiving early intervention services, and is available in both English and Spanish. Published by: ...Read more
Understanding Early Intervention Data SystemsThis 2012 two-page family handout was developed by Pennsylvania to explain key points about the PA early intervention data system, including what data is stored there, benefits to families, and ...Read more
How families are included in data system processes
YOUR Early Intervention Family SurveyThis 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 ...Read more
Best Practices in Family and Community Engagement video seriesThis video series is designed to support program efforts toward systemic and integrated engagement. Rooted in the Office of Head Start (OHS) Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework, the ...Read more
A National Picture of Part C Indicator 4 Family DataPlease join ECTA Center on Tuesday, December 13 at 3 pm EST to learn about the national FFY 2014-2015 Part C Indicator 4 family data. Staff will present trends ...Read more
ParentIn this video from the 2016 Improving Data, Improving Outcomesclosing plenary session, Early Intervention parent Tony Chambers and program staff member Peaches Lott discuss how child and program data is ...Read more
Tools to assess knowledge and level of agreementA part of the IDEA Partnership’s Creating Agreement Collection, these documents provide the shared agreements across stakeholders groups about Creating Agreement that address the technical side of Creating Agreement. ...Read more- A Family Guide to Participating in the Child Outcomes Measurement ProcessThis guide helps families determine if their child’s early intervention or special education program is meeting his or her needs through three “child outcomes”. Published by: National Parent Technical Assistance Center ...Read more
- Measuring What Matters: Using Data to Support Family ProgressThis resource provides an overview of how Head Start and Early Head Start programs can use data to engage families and support each family’s progress toward the Office of Head ...Read more
- Family Participation in Data CollectionThis webpage offers key components of a quality approach to informing families about the collection of child and family outcome data. Published by: The Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) Center Family Participation ...Read more
What Every Parent Should Be Asking About Education DataThis 2013 document provides questions parents can ask school officials to ensure that their child is on track to graduate college and career ready. Published by Data Quality Campaign (DQC) What Every ...Read more
How data is shared with families
Joining Together to Create a Bold Vision for Next-Generation Family Engagement: Engaging Families to Transform EducationThis 2018 paper from the Global Family Research Project highlights the critical role of family engagement in creating equitable learning pathways for children, and offers promising high-leverage areas that can ...Read more- Education Data 101: A Briefing Book for PolicymakersThis downloadable December 2017 booklet from the Data Quality Campaign is meant to bring policymakers up to speed on major topics they need to know about. Of the eight topics ...Read more
- How Data Empowers ParentsThis 2016 resource from the Data Quality Campaign offers both an infographic and a short video with examples of ways that access to data that can help parents participate effectively ...Read more
Student Privacy 101: FERPA for Parents and StudentsThis 2013 short video highlights the key points of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for parents and students. Student Privacy 101 (Video)Read more- FERPA General Guidance for ParentsThis guidance provides parents with general information about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The document is a compilation and update of various letters and guidance documents previously ...Read more
- Empowering Parents with DataThis 2015 two-page document from Data Quality Campaign provides information on steps states have taken to provide parents with vital information and highlights Metro Nashville Public Schools, a district with ...Read more
Outcomes Measurement: Talking with FamiliesThis webpage houses resources related to talking with families about child and family outcomes data. Published by ECO Center and Outcomes Team at ECTA Outcomes Measurement: Talking with FamiliesRead more
Changing the Conversation: Sharing Education Data with Families (FINE Newsletter, April 2013)This 2013 issue of the monthly newsletter discusses how education data can be used to connect parents and teachers as active partners in children’s success. Published by: The Family Involvement Network ...Read more- Parent-Teacher Conference Tip Sheets for Principals, Teachers and ParentsThese 2009 three tip sheets—for principals, teachers, and parents— were created so that parents and educators enter conferences with shared expectations and increased ability to work together to improve children’s ...Read more