This webinar launched the Data Governance and Management Toolkit, a resource containing information, guidance, and templates to assist Part C and Part B 619 program staff with creating or enhancing their data governance policies and procedures. The webinar discussed the importance of data governance to state agencies, how to use and navigate the toolkit, and […]
The 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 early intervention and special education services to which they are entitled. This video from IDEA Data Center (IDC) also provides a brief introduction to the […]
Conference: Division for Early Childhood’s (DEC) 32nd Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families Date: October 2016 Presenters: Cornelia Taylor, Katrina Martin, & Tony Ruggiero This presentation addresses progress states are making toward measuring quality early childhood outcomes data. The presentation describes findings on data quality and teaming from a […]
Conference: OSEP Project Directors Date: August 2016 Presenter: Kathleen Hebbeler, Christina Kasprzak, Megan Vinh, & Donna Spiker This poster describes how states are improving data quality and using data for program improvement, and showcases resources to build state capacity around data-informed decision-making. Poster: Child Outcomes Data: A Critical Lever for Systems Change
Conference: International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI) Date: June 2016 Presenters: Kathleen Hebbeler & Abby Winer Schachner This poster presents the current approaches to child outcomes measurement in the U.S. and key factors and strategies for identifying data quality concerns. Although all states in the U.S. have been required to measure child outcomes for over […]
Conference: Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI) Date: February 2016 Presenters: Christina Kasprzak, Lauren Barton, Cornelia Taylor, & Katrina Martin This poster presents the three approaches that ECTA and DaSy used to compute the national estimates on child outcomes for Part B and Part C, in order to give viewers the opportunity to […]
This 2015 resource can help states examine their data systems, improve programs, and better serve children and families. The questions are grouped into Child & Family, Practitioner, and Local Program/Local Educational Agency themes. They’re available in PDF and interactive web formats. Critical Questions About Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Webpage
Conference: OSEP Leadership Date: July 2015 Presenters: Abby Winer, Cornelia Taylor, Kathi Gillaspy, and state staff This presentation shares the current child outcomes data and trends over time, provides a greater understanding of the usefulness of the COMS framework in improving data quality, and discusses what states are doing to examine and improve data quality. […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Tony Ruggiero, Holly Cavender, Carolee Eslinger, & Ross Lemke This presentation examines the reasons a state’s Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C and Part B, including 619, would change baselines or targets for their State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP). […]
Conference: IDC Interactive Institutes on High-Quality Data & the SSIP Date: Spring 2015 Presenters: Tony Ruggiero, Chris Thacker, Lynne Kahn, Abby Winer, & Missy Cochenour This topical burst provides guidance and tips for creating data products for local staff and ways to promote a culture of data use at the local level. Presentation: Sharing Data […]
